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Q: When I scan a document, I cannot have it sent to a file on my desktop computer’s hard drive (I indicate a preferred destination). I get a message that says, “Epson PDF Plug-in Unable to write to file.” But I can send it to my external hard drive, and then copy the file from […]

Q: Does it depend what you are doing that make it okay to check the “keep me signed in” box? I know I would not do this on my bank account or maybe my medicine/health/doctor site, but would just shopping be ok?  – Spouse PeripheralBluewater Bay, Florida A: Seems like there are a whole bunch […]

Q: I listen to Spotify on my iPhone throughout the day. Can you recommend a good Bluetooth speaker to purchase to connect to my iPhone? The fidelity would obviously improve my listening ability.  I read your columns weekly and have learned much. This is not a question of high importance, but just wanted you to […]

Q: Sometimes when I try to unsubscribe from a company’s e-mails, it asks for the e-mail address that I am trying to unsubscribe. Doesn’t the company’s system know my e-mail address, since I am using it to go through their unsubscribe process? – Spouse PeripheralBluewater Bay, Florida A: The answer to this question is going […]

Q: Not sure you can help me, but I finally was forced to buy a smart cell phone, It is a Samsung. But I’m having an issue with using the Google Maps feature. It works well at home connected to the internet. I can set directions and when I get in the car it will […]

Q: I recently added a hard drive to a refurbished computer. The drive had Windows 10 on it and was working fine. The motherboard failed in the old computer. The drive works fine in the refurbished computer except for one annoying problem: at least twice a day, sometimes more, the drive goes through about 20 […]

Q: Like many others I used to have an old AOL email account. It has been so long since I used it, I totally forgot about it. Somehow. the scammers are sending their junk to my very old AOL account, and it is being automatically forwarded to my present Gmail account. I have no idea […]

Q: I can’t make my computer go to sleep. I did the same selections that I have on my laptop, but my desktop keeps starting back up after I put it to sleep. – Guy C.Covington, Louisiana A: That’s a great question, Guy, thanks for writing in.  I have some information that I think will […]

Q: I accidently deleted something that was in my Spam folder and then realized that I need it. Can I get this back?  – Spouse PeripheralBlue Water Bay, Florida A:  The simple answer to the question as asked is “no”.  But, there are almost never any simple answers when it comes to computers.  There is […]

Q: I have a homemade desktop with an AMD FX-4130 Quad core processor @ 3.80 GHz, 64-bit Win 10 Pro, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD. My problem is that when I power on or wake up the unit, I usually get a message indicating “Preparing Automatic Repair’ which results in a blue screen indicating […]