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Q: I’m waiting to buy a new desktop PC until Windows 7 is out because of all the issues I’ve heard about Vista, many at one of your classes.  Have you formed an opinion of Windows 7 relative to Vista?  Also, should I wait until the first service pack is out? – Thomas T. Niceville, […]

Q: In a recent article you said most people aren’t savy enough to know to compact their OE messages.  I use Outlook.  Is compacting necessary in Outlook too?  (I never get any message ‘to free up disk space…”)  If compacting is recommended in Outlook, how is it done?  I do get a message that says […]

Greetings fellow Geeks!  With Thanksgiving now behind us, I’m sure many of you are turning your thoughts toward Christmas, and Christmas decorating.  Here are a few tips from the Geek for you to think about before you launch your holiday decorating.   My tips are going to tend towards the electrical, gadgetry, and technology aspect of […]

Q: For many of us older timers, DOS was great albeit with its obvious limitations compared to the current MS Office applications.  However one attribute I sorely miss from back-when is the ability to print hard copies of my directories.  It is now a constant aggravation to manage my files with all the various paths […]

Q: Is there a way that my daughter (who has a brand new Apple laptop) can continue to open the PPS, Word, W Media player things we used to share before her Windows laptop expired?  – Claudette M. Fort Walton Beach, Fla A: Sure, Claudette.  There is a version of MS Office available that runs […]

Q: I have recently developed a problem with the small info box that comes up when you put the cursor over a picture or headline. The first one that comes up follows me from page to page and comes up regardless of were I stop the cursor. I’m not sure what the official name for […]

Q: On my laptop I have two operating systems.  Vista Home Premium 64bit came with the computer and Windows XP was then installed, with the help of VMware Server.  This was necessary to support an application which I use that currently does not operate on 64bit.  My question is this – When a Restore Point […]

Q: Have a Bible program on an old WIN 98 machine that I really like. The upgrades don’t have the same features as the older version. It won’t run on my Vostro 200 WIN XP SP3 computer. Would like to install the drive with the program on it in my WIN XP computer as a […]

Q: I am having trouble viewing .wmv and other video files sent to me by email or otherwise downloaded from the internet.  Prior to a short time ago, I had no trouble viewing the files, but now I can hear the audio but the video is just a black screen. I am using an HP […]

Q: We have a std Dell 4550 tower. Running Windows XP we recently bought a new Dell monitor (22′ diag.) and the associated video card that we needed (I believe it’s a Radnor?).  Anyway somewhere, somehow I’ve set the display screen, skin, theme, background whatever you call it to basically white…. And with that I […]