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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:  […]

Q: When the motherboard on my XP computer crashed, we replaced it with a Dell with Vista.  Now I cannot run some of my most needed programs, as those companies have not created upgrades.  Is there anything I can do to make my new computer with Vista run these older programs?  When I bought the […]

Q: I am trying to divorce my husband.  Let’s say he is less than cooperative.  He is stationed in Afghanistan and during his holiday leave he installed a hijack program on my home computers. He was able to see every key stroke and changed my email account info, deleted and manipulated emails, and who knows […]

Q: I read your column religiously every Sunday hopping to find an answer to my question but so far, no luck:  Trying to update my virus protection program  (AVG) from 8.5 to 9.0  it needs for me to remove Mcaffe scanner,  going to “ADD / REMOVE ” Programs does not help, the program is no […]

Well, the questions about e-mail, SPAM, and cyber-security just keep pouring in.  I consider that to be a good thing, as it means some of the most important issues that computer users face today are in the forefront of your concerns.  I want to thank everyone who keeps writing in, but so many of you […]