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Q: I’ve been wondering for years how to use the Print Screen key, so I was excited to try your directions in today’s paper (I.G.T.M #205. – June 26, 2011). Long story short, it didn’t work. I followed all the steps as far as opening Paint, but there was no image there to paste or […]

Q:  In my Notification Area I like to see my power charge, my volume control and wi-fi net icon. But every time I get a Windows update or Java update I lose those notifications off the taskbar. Then I have to remember how to get them back because when I right click on the taskbar […]

Q: I have Vista OS and the hard drive is divided into “C” and “D”.  It appears that Vista sends any file I make to “D” drive as backup. The “D” drive is almost full and I would like to delete those backup files. The following is what appears when I click on “D” partition: […]

Q: Will I be able to free up some space in my pc by deleting a bunch of downloads (e.g. .pps, .mpg)?  It’s giving me “your computer is running low on virtual memory” warning thing and webpage loads soooo slow, slower than being on old dial-up.  My OS is XP and it is a compaq.  […]

Dear, sweet, kind, gentle Geeks: I’d like to use a bit of precious column space to remind you that I.G.T.M. is a just a newspaper column.  There are a few people out there in Geek-land who like to think of it as a computer repair business, and who have unreasonable expectations of what they’ll get […]

Q: Last February my Microsoft scanner & camera wizard program stopped working.  When I plug my camera in a box appears with options to do.  It does not matter what option I click on the program does nothing.  When I click on accessories and scanner and camera wizard the computer will cannot find the camera.  […]

Welcome my fellow Geeks, to the grand spectacular 200th issue of It’s Geek to Me!  (Insert appropriate confetti toss/champagne toast at your own discretion.)  Yes, the party attitude was certainly in the air at Geek Central this week.  We look forward from here to the column’s 4th anniversary in late July.  I.G.T.M. first published on […]

Q: Starting about 3 weeks ago, I started getting the following message when I try to forward an e-mail that has a picture in it: “One or more pictures could not be found.”  I use Windows Live Mail.  I talked with Jeff at CRC Data.  He finally decided that Microsoft had done this on purpose, […]

My special thanks to the Okaloosa County Master Gardeners, who invited me to speak at their general membership meeting this past week.  I had a great time meeting you all, and answering your questions.  All of the excellent questions in today’s column come from that presentation. Q:  I use Firefox instead of Windows Explorer.  It […]

Q: I read with interest your column about backing up your hard drive (I.G.T.M. #195 – Apr 17, 2011).  I’ve already had to trade-out a computer that I purchased in 2010 because it was shutting down at random and restarting.  Now I got a letter from the manufacturer that the replacement computer is equipped with […]