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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 […]

Q: When I download any .pdf file it tries to open in word. I know I have some setting wrong. How do I change it? – Larry T.Fort Walton Beach, Florida A:  This is a simple file association error, Larry.  Windows keeps a list of known file extensions in the registry, and each one is […]

Geek Note: Merry Christmas week, Geeks!  As It’s Geek To Me is about to enter another year of bringing answers, (hopefully) a little fun and a good read along the way, I trust that as you receive gifts of new technology to baffle and confound you, that you will turn to me, your humble Geek […]

Q: I am using Outlook to send and receive emails. It does not show all emails that are in my inbox. If, for instance, I search my inbox for a particular sender I will be presented emails that are not otherwise visible to me. Why is this and more importantly how do I fix this? […]

Q: A couple of days ago when I reviewed a just-received credit card bill, there was an unexpected $69.99 charge from Microsoft. The credit card company provided the originator’s telephone number. That started a 4-hour ordeal of different phone numbers and web sites. Finally, I got through to Joy in the Philippines who explained it […]

As I write this, it’s Thanksgiving week, and I’m hot and heavy into the middle of building the Geek Lights on the Corner – my annual Christmas lights and music show.  The show is well known for fighting mightily against attempts to bring it online, and this year has been no exception.  Because of that, […]

Q: I’m getting the dreaded “Explorer.EXE, This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action . . . ” The only file types I’ve been attempting to open IN Windows Explorer are *.jpg, *.png, & *.docx, something I’ve been routinely doing without problem for some time. No changes have been […]

Q: Greetings, my Geeks!  I want to thank the people who have been interacting with me on the column’s Facebook page this week as I seek new directions for the column in the wake of being removed from the major local newspapers in the column’s home market.  For any news professionals reading this, the column […]