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Q: If I get a GMail account, must I accept the tool bar too?  Can I decline it when setting up the account?  – Larry T. Navarre, FL A: You are not required to use the Google Toolbar if you obtain a GMail account, Larry.  In fact, unless Google has changed something, I don’t think […]

Q: I have a question on registry cleaners.  Today I downloaded the program Reg Cure, did the free scan, and found many errors but did not purchase it.  I did some research into registry cleaners and found some were scams and not worth the money.  Reg Cure got top ratings.  What is your input on […]

Q: When closing or switching a program, it slowly disappears like a curtain lowering and then my icons will start reappearing on my desktop and it looks normal.  Seems everything is moving in slow motion on here these days.  I have a three year old Dell Inspiron I600, Intel processor 1.60GHz, 504 MB of Ram.  […]

Q: I have an Operating system of XP which came with games (Solitaire).  I just bought a new Dell with Vista.  My wife doesn’t like the solitaire that came with Vista.  I sent the solitaire on my old computer to a thumb drive then tried to open it on my new computer and got the […]

Q: How do I get rid of Antivirus 2009?  This has prevented me from getting online at all. I have searched online sources (with another pc) but most of them want me to buy their anti virus package.  I found a removal tool, but it must be downloaded to the affected machine from the website, […]

I had a great time meeting and talking with so many of you at the annual Northwest Florida Association of Computer User Groups!  For those that did not attend, one of the many things we talked about was privacy as it relates to the Google Toolbar.  Now, I’m a great supporter of Google – I […]

Q: I read your Sunday Q&A column and have used some of your computer tips.  Do you archive and is there public access to your column from past NWF Daily publications?  – Robert M. Fort Walton Beach, FL A: The NWF Daily News website has a complete archive of every issue of It’s Geek To […]

Special thanks to the Center for Lifelong Learning for hosting me at their meeting on January 13th.  This week’s questions come from that presentation.  We talked about a lot more, but my column space is limited!  Q: What is the downside of downloading the Plugins that are asked for so often? Along the same line, […]

Q: Recently, I was asked by a relative to tune up their system because their hard drive was full  After looking at their drive, I saw that they have a 120 gb drive, but it was partitioned into 20 gb and 100 gb partitions.  I explained that they needed to start moving stuff to the […]

Welcome, fellow Geeks, to 2009!  For this first column of the year, I’d like to break from answering questions to talk about the biggest single technology story that has come along in recent memory: the switch to digital television, or DTV.  For those of you who may have been living under some sort of technology […]