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I learned something this week!  Well, in and of itself, that’s not very remarkable since I try to learn new things all the time.  But this one is different, and it might be able to help YOU as it helped me.  This has to do with hard drives and the way they store data, and […]

Q: You helped me stop my Notification Area icons from disappearing a while ago.  My new burden is I want to create a new account that has no WiFi or modem communications.  It would not need to load any of the services that do those things, nor any of the malware apps and services.  The […]

Q: When I boot-up my PC, running Windows XP Professional, at the conclusion of the boot it automatically goes to Internet Explorer. However, before my Home Page appears, it transfers to a Trend Micro page that is an ad for an anti virus program. How can I get rid of this annoyance?  Your help will […]

Dear Mr. Geek, I sometimes receive emails from friends with a .eml attachment.  When I try to open it, I am asked if I want Outlook Express to be my default.  I say no.  I use Yahoo email, and I know nothing about Outlook Express.  It does open in an Outlook email screen, but doesn’t […]

Q: I am a snowbird from Michigan reading your column in the Daily News every Sunday.  I have learned a lot from you over the years and enjoy your column very much.  I always save what I want to retain.  I have a HP Laptop with Windows 7 and use Windows Live Mail 2011.  I […]

Q: I purchased a HP laptop 2 years ago, my boyfriend also purchased the same one @ the same time. My hard drive started acting wierd, (Vista 32bit) and then the CD drive would not work. A friend of mine totally wiped out the hard drive. I would like to know if I could take […]

Q: I outgrew my old flash drive, so I bought a larger one and moved all my files to it.  I thought I would just erase the old one and use it as a sneakernet.  As I was deleting all the files, I kept getting prompted “Are you sure?” so I finally just decided to […]

Note: Issue #187 ran online, but was not published in the print edition of the newspaper.  Therefore, it was held over for an additional week, and published in print as Issue #188. -Geek

Note: This issue ran online, but not in the NWF Daily News. See Issue #188.      -Geek Q: Within the last week, a problem began when typing an email address into the To box of a new email.  Until last week, I could type the first letter of a name or email address and all […]

Happy Valentine’s Day Geeks!  Yes, I love you all.  Eeeew – no, not in THAT way! Q: Every time I get ready to buy an iPhone I read something that leans me more towards an android Motorola. Every time I get  inclined to buy an android  I read something that leans me more toward the […]