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Q:  Within my temporary internet files folder (IE 8) resides a pesky group of cookies that simply will NOT be deleted, leaving me feeling somewhat defeated.  I’ve gone the tools, internet options route, the “delete all cookies” route, and even tried safe mode but safe mode doesn’t even allow me to navigate to this folder.  […]

Q:  With my computer on, modem on, but not in any web based program active, can a spammer or hacker still get into my computer? Few days back, I had a popup stating that I was being watched by two people. Have Skype with camera that would show me in front of the computer, but […]

Q:  I recently went from windows 8.0 to 8.1 when promoted by windows auto updates. Now my Dell 922 printer will not print. Troubleshooting only tells me the printer is not supported. Microsoft search informs that Dell is aware there is no current driver to address this issue. I have read many similar complaints on […]

Q:   I have an Apple IIgs which I bought about 1987 or ’88. I want to get rid of it. Would it be useful to someone, like a school, to investigate how an early computer works? Or should I just throw it out. If the latter, can I just throw it in the trash? – […]

Q:   I LOVE YOUR COLUMN! I am a visitor to this area and look forward to it each week.  I am starting to get attachments that are .mime files and I am unable to open them. I get a message that there is no program associated with them. They open on my iPhone, but not […]

Q:  I don’t know what happened, but I need to remove an advertisement for “Great Arcade Hits” from the left bottom screen of my PC.  I have a Dell running Windows 7 Premium, connected w/Cox and their security.  Sorry my knowhow of computers is ZERO!  This irritating item appeared about 2days ago. – I. A. […]

Q:  I have an inconvenience rather than a problem, but I’m hoping I learn something computer maintenance by fixing it. I’m running Word 2002 on Windows 7. Until recently when I held the mouse on it in the Start menu a list of the documents I had used most recently was displayed and I could […]

Q:  The “Systems Reinstall” feature on our Dell Dimension 2400 with Windows XP Service pack 3 has lost it’s ability to restore to a previous date about 2 weeks ago. When we initiate System Restore it still has bolded dates to choose from to reinstall and System Reinstall goes through the function but winds up […]

Q:  I have a home page that I cannot get rid of. I set Bing as my home page but when I go to IE, the “aartemis portal site” opens up. Ran virus scans with Nortons and malware scans. It is still there. I can’t find it anywhere to delete it. Any ideas?  – Roger […]

Q:  My computer, a Dell 3000, with Windows XP, is getting 2 Emails for everyone sent. I want to know how to stop this from happening. I know it is in the system, as I watched incoming Emails download separately and then in a few seconds, each Email was shown a second time. My computer […]