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Q: Often I want to print just a portion of a page – leave out ads, eliminate boilerplate etc.  When I bring up the print menu, there is an Options tab that supposedly lets you print frames from a page.  But it’s never active (always grayed out).  What is this feature and how can I […]

Q: I like to use a Logitech cordless optical mouse but it only seems to work on my desktop surface (which has a speckled colored surface). When I place it on a standard Mouse Pad of any color it only works intermittently and won’t work on a black mouse pad. Is there a particular mouse […]

Q: I’ve sent an email to many friends that had an attachment in .pps format. Many were able to open it, but many replied telling me that they couldn’t open it. And I know that many of the latter have Microsoft’s Powerpoint software on their computers. – Bill E. Fort Walton Beach, FL A: It […]

Q: I run Windows XP with Microsoft Office 2003.  My primary email program is Outlook.  Why, when I designate a sender/email as junk or spam using the Junk E-Mail button, does it keep coming into my Inbox instead of going straight into my Junk Email box?  It seems as if there are certain addresses that […]

Q: I just got a new Gateway notebook and my son keeps telling me that to shut off the computer, I should log off first, then close it down.  I think he was told to close this way because there are 2 users.  I have only 1, me.  So, for the sake of the new […]

I’d like to thank to Kathy Warson and the Insurance Professionals of the Emerald Coast for inviting me to speak at their December meeting.  Spouse Peripheral and I had a wonderful time meeting you all. Q: I have Windows XP and there are programs shown in the lower right of the screen. My question is […]

(Author’s note: I don’t usually write the headline that the newspapers put above my column, but in this case, I suggested the headline: “Cheque spelling si vous plais”.) Q: I uninstalled Office 2003 before installing Office 2007.  Everything seemed to work fine, UNTIL, I tried to run Spell Check in Outlook Express. The only language […]

Q: Are there one or two methods of getting past A: prompt or C: prompt when prompted to insert a boot disk? – Lisa E. Navarre, FL  A: Sorry, Lisa, but no.  A boot disk is needed to, well, to boot the computer.  Without an operating system (OS), a computer is just so much circuitry.  […]

Q: My e-mail program is Outlook.  Even though my address book has the correct e-mail addresses, when I create a new e-mail and type in the first letter, every address that was ever in the computer under that letter pops up.  Is there a way to delete these old invalid addresses so this won’t happen? […]

Q: I have McAfee Security System installed on my home PC.  I decided to switch to another brand of spyware and anti-virus, but I can’t get McAfee off my computer. I get McAfee pop-ups frequently and error messages when I try to uninstall the program. I found several other programs online I could buy to […]