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Q: I have Cox Cable for TV and Internet. I have a desktop wireless-capable computer, a wireless smart phone, wireless Kindle e-reader, wireless laptop, and wireless printer.  I use a router. My problem is that I lose at least one Internet connection on at least one or more wireless devices or I lose the ability […]

Q: I recently bought a Windows 7 Dell computer. I have the option to upgrade it to Windows 8. Is 8 a new operating system, or is it just windows 7 with tiles? What’s your opinion on upgrading it to Win 8? – John S. Niceville, Florida A: Congratulations on the upgrade, John.  I did […]

Q: Chuckie the Badger calling again. I am ready to come south. Is there any way I can set up a home temperature monitor that I can use with an app on my Ipod touch to check the temp when I am in Florida? It would provide me peace of mind. – Charles M. Marshfield, […]

Q: I am working on a Dell laptop, Inspiron E1505, with Windows XP home edition, service pack 3, which I purchased in 2006. I use Mozilla Firefox as my web browser. Up until 10 mos ago, everything seemed fine – now, I keep getting a notice from my Norton Antivirus program that there is high […]

Q: I’ve been contemplating upgrading my old dual cored computer that’s maxed out at 2 gigs memory and running XP for a spell now, but after reading reviews, blogs, etc. on Windows 8, I’m on the fence. Being presumptuous, it’ll be interesting to hear your take on this latest “Thanks, Bill!”. – Robert T. Shalimar, […]

Q: How do I eliminate or stop this instruction across the bottom of the monitor, “Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons”. This comes up quite frequently and all I can do at present is close it.  Only options given are Ask me later or Don’t disable. My operating system is Windows 7. – Jim W. […]

Q: I am using McAfee for my security and I am not impressed. I am now looking for the best free security software I can get. Please help I am not a computer geek and need all the help I can get. I also heard getting rid of McAfee can be a problem, any help […]

Q: Is there a way to block all e-mail from a certain sites? ie: Could I block all e-mail from “username@gmail.com”. I’m getting e-mail from someone that keeps changing the username but has the same domain. Appreciate your articles. – Glenn H. Niceville, Florida A: I can think of a few ways to do what […]

Q: This is kind of a weird one. At least no one online seems to have an answer. About 6 months or so ago, I noticed that all streaming content – music on Pandora, songs on YouTube, lectures on websites – stream the video just fine on my computer, but the sound “clips” almost constantly, […]

Q: My Win XP taskbar icons suddenly changed to small. I managed to get two icons on the quick launch back to large, but cannot figure out how to get taskbar icons back to full size.  Enjoy your column, keep up the good work. – Glenn H. Shalimar, Florida A: For clarification, for my readers […]