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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 […]

Q: I saw your last weeks column on checking/unchecking boxes in the Start-Up menu.  My question is, there are so many different boxes under this column, how do I know what I need and don’t need at start-up.  In other words, what can I uncheck or not uncheck in order to make my system run […]