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Q: I am using Cox webmail via https://webmail.east.cox.net/do/mail/folder/view.  Until November of last year I just entered my user id and password and I was looking at my email inbox.  Now after I do this I get another UNNECCESSARY screen that says“Want to know more?  Please tell us your location so we can show you all […]

Q: Each time I log on the following window appears: The instruction at “0x00402c90” referenced memory at “0x00650044”. The memory could not be read.  No matter what I do it never disappears. Can you help? – Don C. Seagrove, Florida A: Not very much I’m afraid, Don, and you’re not the first person to send […]

Q: Some weeks ago I started not being able to get into certain accounts or pay certain bills. I finally realized I was getting this message: javascript:void(0);.  I searched on the web and followed directions for both IE and Firefox to enable javascript. However it WAS enabled on both of these. I truly don’t know […]

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 […]