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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 […]

Q: When viewing “Vera” and a few other video series on YouTube, the video periodically zooms way in making the picture illegible. These also have left/right swapped, although that may be a different problem.  This problem shows on my Dell laptop as well as while using a MI Box S which is Android based.  – […]

Q: A medical site we use and need was updated about a week ago. Tacked onto the download was McAfee Security Scan Plus. No idea why. I don’t like McAfee products because they tend to use an extraordinary amount of resources. I tried to uninstall it, and a marketing-oriented popup came up, with no obvious […]

Q: How do we stop the pop out ads from the right of our screen every few minutes for something on Skype without uninstalling the program altogether. This is how we keep in touch with our sons and our grandchildren.  – Vickie R.Niceville, Florida A:  Before I get to an actual answer for your question, […]