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Q: Dear Geek, I have a tower running Windows 10. Windows Update tells me that the PC doesn’t meet minimum requirements to run Windows 11. PC Health Check tells me my CPU i7-7700@3.60 GHz does not support Windows 11. I called Dell fully expecting them to sell me another CPU, but they made it clear […]

Q: Thanks for answering my question (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #778, June 19-25, 2022). The “tracert” worked and helped with some of my questions. The time to the first server was <1 ms and 19 ms.  Then the problems start several ‘Request timed out’ then a few more location in 39 ms 37ms 67 ms 65 […]

“Need a GEEK?  We got one for you!”  That was the headline splashed across the front page of a now-defunct magazine insert called NEXT, that was part of the Thursday, July 26, 2007 edition of the Northwest Florida Daily News.  It was inside that magazine that the very first edition of It’s Geek to Me […]

Geek Note: This week and next, I am celebrating the 15th anniversary of my little humble Q&A column.  What started on a whim after a popular syndicated columnist decided to retire has grown up to garner a reasonable local following, and although it’s never been picked up for syndication, has appeared in various newspapers across […]

Q: My son has a computer that he put together from various parts he ordered including an MSI motherboard. He is operating on Windows 10 and was trying to change the Realtek High Definition Audio to High Definition Audio Device. There was no sound so he changed it back. Now he gets a popping sound […]

Q: In this week’s question, (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #770, April 24-30, 2022) I wonder if the problem could be a defective YouTube program? If so, an uninstall and reinstall might fix the problem.  You could copy and paste the YouTube URL that will not play and send it to yourself via email and then try […]

Geek Note: Looks like today is a “follow-up” issue, where readers close the books on my answers to previous columns. • • •  Q: Dear Geek, in reference to your response to me in #723 (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #723, May 30, 2021) and another reply of yours in today’s column, (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #769, April […]

Q: My question is similar to one I read in your column a few weeks ago (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #768, April 10, 2022).  I have two iPads, a notebook, a laptop and an Android tablet.  I have AT&T U-verse (100Mbps). With WiFi I frequently receive the message ‘Cannot load page because the server quit working” […]

Q: Recently, and for no apparent reason at all, my Microsoft Outlook has been crashing every time I load the application. I have been running Microsoft 365 Subscription, version 16.59. After clicking on the Outlook icon it appears the application is loading and the initial screen pops up with the log-on box to enter my […]

Q: When I try to print a PDF document from an outside source, such as a financial organization, it is expanded beyond use. I have gone into the PDF’s tools, but cannot find anything to reduce the print size. I have used the current snip-it program but it is a nuisance and produces a less-than-sharp […]