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Q: I have lots of links pinned to taskbar – programs such as Excel and FireFox. I upgraded to Windows 10 because my grandson came to visit and he is a computer pro for a school district, and found it very difficult to pin links to start menu and impossible to pin to taskbar programs, […]

Q:  I started programming when we used punch cards and tape drives as big as coffins and a 10K storage filled an 8×10 room. I now have a Golf GPS watch that holds 30,000 golf courses. I have been enjoying your dry humor and knowledge of all things Geek for a number of years. I […]

Geek Note: It was my pleasure to spend some face-to-face time with my fellow Geeks this past Saturday at the Northwest Florida Association of Computer Users Groups’ annual Tech Expo.  Today’s column contains answers to some issues that I wasn’t able to answer during my live Q&A session.    Q: Something called “DriverUpdate” has been […]

Q: I have a warranty with Wal-Mart but it’s been such a hassle to use it that I may just go ahead and pay someone. For no apparent reason that I know of I can no longer put in my password. It hangs up every time. The Asus warranty said it sounds like software and […]

Q: Can my Dell Vista Home Basic desktop computer be upgraded to Windows 10? I have updated my laptop, but the Vista is a little older. I’ve spent hours trying to find how to get on the list for upgrade and fixing driver issues, but if I can’t upgrade, I’ll just stop. Frustrating. – Diane […]

Q: I am running Windows 7 on an HP Pavilion notebook and at times my processor and fan run like crazy. The task manager revealed that I was running at 100% CPU usage with half of that devoted to one program– something called “CLMLSvc.exe”. I did an internet search and saw a very vague explanation […]

Q: Some, but not all, of my MS Outlook 2007 have the famous red x where a picture should be. This is not the same red x that is placeholding until I download the pictures. I previously used an online MS tool that was supposed to fix the problem but it didn’t. Any suggestions? This […]

Q: I get notices from my PC to do updates on about 9 pieces of software that seem to be for peripherals, or for parts of the computer itself.  I’m talking about stuff like Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader, AMD USB 3.0 Host Controller, and other stuff like the Ethernet controller, and even the system’s […]

Q: Please explain internet speeds. I use Wi-Fi and I can plug in an Ethernet cable. The speeds are all over the place; sometimes it’s high sometimes it’s low. Why the difference? My upload speeds are from the lowest of .15 mb/sec to as high as 30 mb/sec on Ethernet. On Wi-Fi it’s from .5 […]