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Dear Readers, Welcome to what is sure to be another typical issue of It’s Geek to Me.  You probably don’t realize it, but in a way that is very special to me, this edition is different.  Let me explain.  I keep track of my columns by their issue number.  These numbers started at one (creative, […]

Q: How can I log-in when I’m in your website?  Every time I want to submit a question I have to go through the same process of typing out a garbled word before I can submit my question.  In most sites we only have to do that one time while we are setting up an […]

Q: I have many VHS-C, some 8 mm and a few VHS tapes I’d like to have converted to DVDs.  I’ve been asking around and surfing the web for quite some time now about a service or local company that could do this work for me.  I know there is equipment I could purchase to […]

Q: I use Hotmail and would like to know how I can save messages to my hard-drive without doing Copy/Paste individually. Is there a site that can show me how to do this? Hotmail, itself, is not very helpful. Or at least the search function is not bringing up what I need. – Crystal G. […]

Q: My HP PSC 1601 All in One printer will not print.  A message is displayed stating “remove and check right cartridge.” I followed the instruction and because I am not a printer tech I simply wiped the contacts and replaced the cartridge, all to no avail. Because the cartridge had been recently purchased I […]

Q: I have been trying to email document attachments with both a gmail and a mchsi account. Both have failed. I have never had a problem in the past. What could have happened to my system to cause this? Thanks. Love your column!! – Beth C. Santa Rosa Beach, Florida A: You’re welcome, Beth.  Thanks […]

Q: On several occasions, when turning on our laptop after a period of being shutdown for a week or 10 days while on vacation, the mouse goes through a period of behaving so herkey-jerky that it is impossible to click up anything. It behaves the same if you try to use the touch pad. We […]

Q: The following message pops up at random very frequently: “Runtime Error, Windows\System32\spool\drivers\X64\3\E_YATIHWA.EXE. Application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly”.  I found and downloaded the 2008/2012 C++ libraries to no avail; downloaded the MS Fix-it files to fix RTEs, restored computer to earliest time allowed, all no help. Error msg […]

Q: I can’t seem to get rid of unwanted search toolbars on cox alone I have three toolbars opening up my Cox network and two on Facebook i Guess thats what you call then hope you can help me cause it causes my connection to jump around until all the search bars connect me to […]

Q: I have a new Toshiba with Windows 8. I can’t get the Xbox free games. When I click install it directs me to read an email that is never there. Maybe I need a Microsoft acct? I click my name and click change acct picture/click users. The screen says we need to verify your […]