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Q: Is there a way to contact my Outlook Express account at work from my home computer? – Jennifer M. Fort Walton Beach, FL A: So many questions about e-mail lately!  I hate give an answer like this, but unfortunately, the answer is: “It depends.”  Without knowledge of the infrastructure of your company’s LAN, the […]

Q: My nephew has proudly begun work in the corporate world.  He recently sent me a lengthy email from his office describing his expected career path.  He delivered it via a well-known and commonly used webmail service. I responded via his home telephone, cautioning him that use of email from the office is never a […]

Q: When trying to use Google for a search, MSN search “hijacks” my request.  I type my search info in the Google search window, but often all or part of it moves to MSN search window.  How do I stop that? – Pete C. Fort Walton Beach, FL A: One way would be to hide […]

Q: I recently returned from Eastern Europe and have 300-400 pictures that I would like to share with some people I met.  I have an account with Kodak, which I really have not used.  She suggested downloading photos to Picasa. I would like to know if Picasa is better than using my Kodak account?  I […]

I’d like to extend my thanks to the Center For Lifelong Learning Computer Club for hosting me at their May 13th meeting.  Spouse Peripheral and I had lots of fun meeting you all, and spreading some Geek cheer in your neighborhood. Q: I note that you use Gmail.  I use OE and Cox.net.  I am […]

Note: Issue #42 was a duplicate of Issue #41.  The previous week, it ran online as scheduled, but was left out of the print edition because “The section was designed by a different person this week, and for some reason I did not notice that the column was missing.” (Kari Barlow – Daily News).  So it […]

Q: During the use of my computer, at no specific time or use of a particular program, my screen suddenly goes blank, totally snowy white.  There literally is nothing viewable and everything seems to stop functioning.  The screen is completely white.  When this first started, the only way I could regain the use of the […]

Welcome readers!  I hope you found It’s Geek To Me at its new Sunday home without too much confusion.  Look for my column here every week from now on, and don’t forget that current and back issues are always available on the web at nwfdailynews.com/news/geektome Q: After my computer has been dormant for a while, […]

Q:  A friend of mine is trying to update her resume, but it’s a .pdf and we cannot figure out how to get it out of pdf so she can make some changes.  How can we change it into a Word document, or something that she can edit? – Melissa L. Crestview, FL A: Portable […]

Q: I just bought a new laptop with a 17-in. widescreen.  I am a little disappointed in the 17-in. widescreen.  I had thought the bigger the screen, the bigger the type would be on the screen.  But it seems the type is smaller than on my old 15-in. laptop.  I am able to increase the […]