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Q: My computer takes longer and longer to start up and shut down. I noticed that there are 73 processes running. How do I find and turn off everything that I don’t need for startup? I can’t imagine needing 73 processes running in the background! Am I wrong? Secondly, I recently downloaded something that I […]

Q: Somehow, a program called Pareto Logic was downloaded (possibly piggy-backed on another program) and installed on my laptop. I attempted to remove it, but only managed to remove part of it. Now, it pops up once a week on boot-up. Since it’s only partially there, it warns me that it cannot continue updating because […]

Q: My wife’s computer is constantly “locking up” on her when she tries to play any game on the “pogo” site. I am always doing disc clean but it doesn’t seem to her. We have the Viper Internet Security system installed and it does a deep clean three nights each week. Her computer is a […]

Q: In cleaning out closets, I came across many of those old 4″ x 4″ backup discs – many of them having grandchildren’s names tabbed on them. I am currently using Windows 8 (not my choice). Is there any way or any where I can recover the information that is on them? Thank you for […]

Q: My scheduled tasks do not run. In looking at the scheduled task, the Status is listed as “Could not start.”Last Result, “0x0.” Creator “Administrator.”  When I created the task “RUTHIE\Administrator” was the user name entered. Then I entered a password which I don’t use anywhere else. In other words, I don’t use a password […]

Q: I have a problem that is driving me batty. When I am on the internet, I am able to click on links with no problem. However, from within my e-mail or Facebook, if I click on a link, a box pops up “Internet Explorer has stopped working.” If I click on the close button, […]

Q: My computer was recently hit with Trojan.Gen2.  Any time it’s on I get a constant stream of virus alerts.  Currently using Symantec plus the standard windows firewall and full security on Explorer. Symantec says it is successfully quarantining them but they never stop coming. Running Symantec Eraser is only way I have found to […]

Q: I have been scanning all our paper records & files, storing them on 1 computer, and backing up the files as pdfs (some jpegs & tiffs) on an external hard drive. At some point, I would like to store them on CDs? Flashdrives? … I want reliability, security & portability (i.e. save in the […]

Q: Why is it that no matter what I try, I cannot reach any of the tinyurl links you publish? I use Cox, enter exactly what you post in the paper and all I get is the Cox error page. – Pete C. Fort Walton Beach, Florida A: Pete, if you’re reading this please note […]

Q: Are there truly any software products that can “clean the registry”, etc. which require only an initial purchase and not a continuous contract and endless pop-ups to get to buy more and more products? – Edward K. Santa Rosa Beach, Florida A:  I love questions like this one, Edward, because it’s one of those […]