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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 […]

Q: I started having a problem with OE in that I cannot send or forward emails. The problem is on my laptop and also my desktop. Can receive ok on both. This happened almost overnight. I called OE and they said that it was my provider’s problem, so I called them and, of course, they […]

I learned something this week!  Well, in and of itself, that’s not very remarkable since I try to learn new things all the time.  But this one is different, and it might be able to help YOU as it helped me.  This has to do with hard drives and the way they store data, and […]

Q: You helped me stop my Notification Area icons from disappearing a while ago.  My new burden is I want to create a new account that has no WiFi or modem communications.  It would not need to load any of the services that do those things, nor any of the malware apps and services.  The […]

Q: When I boot-up my PC, running Windows XP Professional, at the conclusion of the boot it automatically goes to Internet Explorer. However, before my Home Page appears, it transfers to a Trend Micro page that is an ad for an anti virus program. How can I get rid of this annoyance?  Your help will […]

Dear Mr. Geek, I sometimes receive emails from friends with a .eml attachment.  When I try to open it, I am asked if I want Outlook Express to be my default.  I say no.  I use Yahoo email, and I know nothing about Outlook Express.  It does open in an Outlook email screen, but doesn’t […]

Q: I am a snowbird from Michigan reading your column in the Daily News every Sunday.  I have learned a lot from you over the years and enjoy your column very much.  I always save what I want to retain.  I have a HP Laptop with Windows 7 and use Windows Live Mail 2011.  I […]