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Issue #896: September 22-28, 2024

Q: Recently I have been getting annoying McAfee pop ups. How can I stop them? They popup on Chrome and Edge.  They state “VIRUS FOUND” or Critical Error found virus. or System Error, etc. – John P.Crestview, Florida A: Well, John, have you considered that maybe McAfee is just doing its job?  Perhaps it found […]

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Issue #895: September 15-21, 2024

Q: Because our local newspaper raised the rates so high for a printed edition, we decided to go digital with them.  We even purchased a 2nd laptop so two of us could read the paper without having to wait on one another.  The “older” HP opens up right away while the much, much newer one […]

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Issue #894a: September 8-14, 2024

Geek Note: This is a very special issue of It’s Geek To Me!  Read on to find out why. I know that many of you have been missing the column in the Northwest Florida Daily News, the Destin Log, and other publications in the (Florida) panhandle.  I know, because of the e-mails I’ve received from […]

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Issue #894: September 8-14, 2024

Q: Cox Cable transition of emails to Yahoo email caused my unsent emails in my Outbox on Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max to disappear. Is there any way to retrieve those unsent emails from Cox or to find them on Yahoo’s email system?  I had unsent emails in my iPhone Outbox when Cox shut off […]

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Issue #893: September 1–7, 2024

Q: This is about moving email from Cox to Yahoo. I moved everything I could to an Outlook email account before the Cox switch. I was going to run both for a while. When I went to setup Yahoo (using the old Cox email) they tried to force me to use Yahoo software on my […]

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Issue #892: August 25-31, 2024

Q: Microsoft continually wants me to sign in when I’m accessing certain websites–for example, job boards, United Healthcare, even Canon Community, a help site for users of Canon cameras. The thing is, MS is asking for a password linked to a work account at a job I no longer have. If I try to sign […]

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Issue #891: August 18-24, 2024

Q:  I am 78 and tech challenged. When I worked, we had an IT person backing up our work, so I never learned how to back up files. Now that I am on a home computer, I don’t know how to do a back-up. I have a thumb drive but don’t know if it needs […]

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Issue #890: August 11-17, 2024

Q: Recently, my PC has been taking a few hours to completely boot up from sleep mode. Even then, it runs very slow. The most recent logon finally prompted me to look further. I eventually got Task Manager to open and after monitoring the performance tab discovered the CPU runs from 6%-33% but the Memory […]

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Issue #889: August 4-10, 2024

Q: I am an avid reader of your column in the Northwest Florida Daily News. I am old and not very tech savvy, so I appreciate your solutions. I use Cox for my email. Cox is switching to Yahoo as their server for cox.net email users. In attempting to switch to Yahoo, but continue to […]

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Issue #888: Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2024

Q: Where are my downloads, files, etc.? I cannot find anything when I look in Folders, or in Downloads. Apparently I have saved nothing else anywhere since May 2024, and things I thought I saved are gone. Clicking on panels does nothing but put checkmarks on them.  I use DuckDuckGo and AOL e-mail for most […]

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