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Q: How do I get rid of Antivirus 2009?  This has prevented me from getting online at all. I have searched online sources (with another pc) but most of them want me to buy their anti virus package.  I found a removal tool, but it must be downloaded to the affected machine from the website, […]

I had a great time meeting and talking with so many of you at the annual Northwest Florida Association of Computer User Groups!  For those that did not attend, one of the many things we talked about was privacy as it relates to the Google Toolbar.  Now, I’m a great supporter of Google – I […]

Q: I read your Sunday Q&A column and have used some of your computer tips.  Do you archive and is there public access to your column from past NWF Daily publications?  – Robert M. Fort Walton Beach, FL A: The NWF Daily News website has a complete archive of every issue of It’s Geek To […]

Special thanks to the Center for Lifelong Learning for hosting me at their meeting on January 13th.  This week’s questions come from that presentation.  We talked about a lot more, but my column space is limited!  Q: What is the downside of downloading the Plugins that are asked for so often? Along the same line, […]

Q: Recently, I was asked by a relative to tune up their system because their hard drive was full  After looking at their drive, I saw that they have a 120 gb drive, but it was partitioned into 20 gb and 100 gb partitions.  I explained that they needed to start moving stuff to the […]

Welcome, fellow Geeks, to 2009!  For this first column of the year, I’d like to break from answering questions to talk about the biggest single technology story that has come along in recent memory: the switch to digital television, or DTV.  For those of you who may have been living under some sort of technology […]

Q: I just changed computers here in the office.  We’re using XP Professional, and every time I print anything I get a little pop-up message above the taskbar that tells me the document has been sent to the printer.  I’d like to get rid of that aggravating message, but I can’t find where to turn […]

Q: I have been trying to find out if I can get rid of the program “Data Execution Prevention”?  I’m running a HP Presario 2.2 AMD Athelon, 2 gigs ram, 260 Gig HD Dr. with Windows XP Media Center Edition Ser Pak # 3.  I have some photos in a folder called “pictures” along with […]

Q: My ISP dropped Outlook Express and so I have a Gmail addressfor email but whenever I want to forward a picture or page the Outlook Express window comes up and of course I cannot complete the action.  How can I activate Outlook?  Another simple question – I want to put some icons on my […]

Q: I tried to create Windows recovery discs but was unable to complete them.  The directions required I use 17 blank CDs, but did not specify that they be all the same brand.  After recording 7 discs, I tried to use a different brand than those I started with.  However, the computer then indicated I […]