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Q: I’m having trouble opening “hyperlinks” that come in my e-mails.  Can you help me? – Teresa R. Odessa, Tex A: Well, Teresa, “having trouble” doesn’t give me much to go on, as there can be lots of ways for trouble to manifest.  Are you getting an error message?  Is the browser opening, but the […]

Q: I have Dell Vostro 1700 with Vista, and added McAfee Security System at time of purchase, 9/2008, as well as Webroot SpySweeper. Over the past month, multiple updates seem to be crashing my computer.  I have been able to Restore back to some semblance of a working system but it is very slow and […]

Q: I have a problem that was frequent for a while, and I was about to ask you about it.  It then went away.  For a long time I haven’t seen it.  Now, suddenly it’s back and I can’t figure out why.  I’m running Vista on a Toshiba Satellite laptop.  The icons in the Taskbar […]

Dear Readers: It is my pleasure to welcome all the new “It’s Geek to Me” readers picking up the column over in Texas in the Odessa American.  The e-mails have already started coming in from your neck of the woods, and I look forward to conversing with many of you.  Welcome to the Geek side!  […]

Q: I receive emails often with pictures attached.  Sometimes there are a lot of pictures and  maybe I would like to print one or two but not all of them.  Outlook express will not allow me to do that .  Is there someway I can avoid printing all of them if I don’t need them? […]

Note:  The Odessa American picked up the column and began publishing it on this date.  To help introduce myself to the new Geek readers in Texas, I provided them with a special re-print of It’s Geek to Me Issue #1. -Geek Special to the Odessa American – A new feature will appear starting next week […]

Q: I’m sure this has been asked several times, but I may have missed your answer in the paper.  I have XP on both my desktop and laptop at the present time.  Question #1…If purchasing Windows 7 to be installed – can I use the same purchase and install it to both computers or do […]

Q: Could you please help me? I use to could play DVD movies on my desktop. However,  now when i insert the disk, the dvd will not automatically open or play when i click it from the start menu. It use to run fine the past.  – Adrian W. Crestview, Fla A: Well, Adrian, there […]

Q: I have a Dell computer running Vista Home Premium and use Windows Mail recommended by Cox .  I can’t open a .doc attachment in Windows Mail. I have to save the attachment to my desk top and then it will open.  I can open .docx attachments when in Windows mail.  I have gone to […]

Q: You helped once before and I thank you. Maybe you can figure this one out.  Some time ago the task launcher quit working on my Presario with Vista home.  I get this message “Microsoft Works cannot access one or more files it needs to run. they may have been deleted or removed. try reinstalling […]