ItsGeekToMe.co

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 […]

Q: I purchased a HP laptop 2 years ago, my boyfriend also purchased the same one @ the same time. My hard drive started acting wierd, (Vista 32bit) and then the CD drive would not work. A friend of mine totally wiped out the hard drive. I would like to know if I could take […]

Q: I outgrew my old flash drive, so I bought a larger one and moved all my files to it.  I thought I would just erase the old one and use it as a sneakernet.  As I was deleting all the files, I kept getting prompted “Are you sure?” so I finally just decided to […]

Note: Issue #187 ran online, but was not published in the print edition of the newspaper.  Therefore, it was held over for an additional week, and published in print as Issue #188. -Geek

Note: This issue ran online, but not in the NWF Daily News. See Issue #188.      -Geek Q: Within the last week, a problem began when typing an email address into the To box of a new email.  Until last week, I could type the first letter of a name or email address and all […]

Happy Valentine’s Day Geeks!  Yes, I love you all.  Eeeew – no, not in THAT way! Q: Every time I get ready to buy an iPhone I read something that leans me more towards an android Motorola. Every time I get  inclined to buy an android  I read something that leans me more toward the […]

Well Geek me right out – it’s February already!  One of only 12 months in the year is gone already, and it was just Christmas a couple days ago (I know, because I’m still trying to get my lights put away!).  Thank-you to all the Geeks and Geek wanna-be’s who attended the Computer Expo last […]

People are seeking information this week that I cannot necessarily provide without your assistance, my fellow Geeks!  Let’s see if we can get some answers to these two letters, shall we? Q: I attended your computer expo last year in Crestview, and thoroughly enjoyed it, and found it quite useful. Unfortunately I’m not able to […]