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Q: I have downloaded many books from Amazon Kindle on to my PC both free and paid. How can I delete some of them from the PC? I have read all as many times as I care to.  – John P.Crestview, Florida A:  I could probably answer your question in a single sentence, John, but […]

Q: I use windows 10 Pro and Google Chrome. After I sign in to financial websites I get an email saying they did not recognize my device or browser. How can I fix that? I cleared browsing data; reset Google Chrome to default settings; Deleted and reinstalled Google Chrome; run registry cleaner (CCleaner); run SFC […]

Q: I keep getting junk texts suggesting I need to backup my computer (or cell phone) info to iCloud. Is this real? If so, how do I do it?  – Nancy C.Fort Walton Beach, Florida A:  Why, hello, Nancy!  It’s always a pleasure to hear from you. I got curious before starting to write this, […]

Whether you know it or not, this past week was a veritable rollercoaster for anyone who is still using Windows 10 – especially on older hardware.  I say it that way because there were multiple huge news developments, but they weren’t major headlines, and so were pretty easy to miss unless you follow technology closely.  […]

Q: This is out of your normal sphere, but you have been so helpful in the past I thought I’d give it a shot. My Samsung Galaxy S22 cell phone stopped receiving most text messages about 2 months ago. I use text messages solely for the purpose of 2-factor authentication from financial sources. An ATT […]

Q: Referring to your article in the nwfdailynews.com website titled how-obtain-product-key-windows-10-different-computers, I tried both the methods in my Dell laptop, but the key from the cmd command and the key from the regedit windows is different. Can you elaborate on why it is coming different? Thanks – Arnab G.Kolkata, India A:  My goodness!  It’s Geek […]

Q: Regarding your plea for more questions . . . perhaps a Facebook group which people could “follow”, given that it’s ubiquitous to nearly everyone, would motivate questions, encourage interactions, and result in more of what you need to keep on keepin’ on.  – William R.Fort Walton Beach, Florida A:  Thanks for writing, William. Would […]

Q: Since new cars no longer come with CD players installed, I’m in a quandary. I have about 400 music CDs that I’d like to move to my iPhone to listen to them on the road. Can you recommend a good, easy-to-use 3rd party application that will let me transfer audio CDs to my iPhone? […]

Q: I’m another one of your older readers, who watches in quiet wonder as technology advances and the world marches on.  I’m also another reader who is extremely upset that your column was removed from local publication.  I’ve managed to solve that one by reading issues on your website, so thanks for that.  The question […]

Q: This may be under your pay grade.  How do people handle the crossword puzzle on the e-paper?  When the puzzle is 2 columns it is ok to print as a ‘fit to page’, but when it is a bigger puzzle that makes it so small it cannot be read or write in the little […]