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Q: I use XP Home Addition, and watch Windows Task Manager as the OS loads. My WTM has two windows; “CPU Usage” and “PF Usage.”, and four boxes marked; “Totals”, “Commit Charge (K)”, “Physical Memory (K)”, and Kernal Memory (K).  Could you briefly explain what each of these mean?  Thanks. – Bill S. Shalimar, Fla […]

Q: Read your column constantly and am frequently stumped by trade terminology used by geeks and non-geeks globally.  Problem is, most of these terms are foreign to me.  So, is there a dictionary that seeks to keep up with the evolution of “computer” related terminology or (more specifically, commonly used electronic devices) (not programming or […]

Q: I just purchased a new computer with Windows 7 Home premium, can I upgrade to Windows 7 professional.  The reason my Seagate 250gb Free Agent is incompatible and my dell A964 all-in-one printer is noncompatible.  I saw Microsoft has an upgrade for $89.99 home premium to professional, will this work.  – Dave B. Fort […]

Note: When porting the columns over to this website, I discovered that I had accidentally given two of them the issue number of 143.  See, this is why I need computers — to keep track of details like this! -Geek Q: Over the past few months, five separate computers in my office have suffered a total loss of […]

Q: I don’t get this “malware” you keep talking about.  Isn’t it just the same as a bug?  Why don’t these companies just fix their software?  – R. N. Santa Rosa Beach, Fla A: An interesting question, and no offense intended, but it shows a fundamental lack of understanding of what I’ve been trying to […]

Q: Whenever I close Outlook Express I get the following: “To free up disk space Outlook Express can compact messages.  This may take a few minutes.”  You then have the obligatory “Yes” and “Cancel options.  Well once I said “Yes” and it was the biggest mistake I’ve made with a compueter in a while.  I […]

Q: I have a simple system; Dell, 2.39GHz, 256MB of RAM and I run widows XP.  Everything runs great for my use, except Kodak Software for my pictures.  I download the pic’s, cut and paste them to the external hard-drive, delete the pics on the “C” drive if any, then go into Kodak Easyshare and […]

Q: It was just coincidental that the letter from the young lady concerning using e-cards to send viruses appeared when it did, because last week I received notice that I’d been sent an E-card.  A zipped file was attached.  I thought the screen should have had some color in it, but it was just black […]

Q: What needs to be done to get a full printed page from a web site?  The right hand side of the printing is always dropped off.  I am using Windows  XP  Home Edition, and have an EpsonCX9400 fax series printer.  My regular printing from the computer is fine. – Chuck C. Fort Walton Beach, […]

Q: Do you have any recommendations on how to best transfer my files/programs from my old computer to a new one?  Also, new computers have a lot of garbage that I’ll want to get rid of.  Should I do it before or after file transfer or does it matter? – Ed K. Wright, Fla A:  […]