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Q: This is out of your normal sphere, but you have been so helpful in the past I thought I’d give it a shot. My Samsung Galaxy S22 cell phone stopped receiving most text messages about 2 months ago. I use text messages solely for the purpose of 2-factor authentication from financial sources. An ATT […]

Q: Referring to your article in the nwfdailynews.com website titled how-obtain-product-key-windows-10-different-computers, I tried both the methods in my Dell laptop, but the key from the cmd command and the key from the regedit windows is different. Can you elaborate on why it is coming different? Thanks – Arnab G.Kolkata, India A:  My goodness!  It’s Geek […]

Q: Regarding your plea for more questions . . . perhaps a Facebook group which people could “follow”, given that it’s ubiquitous to nearly everyone, would motivate questions, encourage interactions, and result in more of what you need to keep on keepin’ on.  – William R.Fort Walton Beach, Florida A:  Thanks for writing, William. Would […]

Q: Since new cars no longer come with CD players installed, I’m in a quandary. I have about 400 music CDs that I’d like to move to my iPhone to listen to them on the road. Can you recommend a good, easy-to-use 3rd party application that will let me transfer audio CDs to my iPhone? […]

Q: I’m another one of your older readers, who watches in quiet wonder as technology advances and the world marches on.  I’m also another reader who is extremely upset that your column was removed from local publication.  I’ve managed to solve that one by reading issues on your website, so thanks for that.  The question […]

Q: This may be under your pay grade.  How do people handle the crossword puzzle on the e-paper?  When the puzzle is 2 columns it is ok to print as a ‘fit to page’, but when it is a bigger puzzle that makes it so small it cannot be read or write in the little […]

Q: When I download any .pdf file it tries to open in word. I know I have some setting wrong. How do I change it? – Larry T.Fort Walton Beach, Florida A:  This is a simple file association error, Larry.  Windows keeps a list of known file extensions in the registry, and each one is […]

Geek Note: Merry Christmas week, Geeks!  As It’s Geek To Me is about to enter another year of bringing answers, (hopefully) a little fun and a good read along the way, I trust that as you receive gifts of new technology to baffle and confound you, that you will turn to me, your humble Geek […]

Q: I am using Outlook to send and receive emails. It does not show all emails that are in my inbox. If, for instance, I search my inbox for a particular sender I will be presented emails that are not otherwise visible to me. Why is this and more importantly how do I fix this? […]

Q: A couple of days ago when I reviewed a just-received credit card bill, there was an unexpected $69.99 charge from Microsoft. The credit card company provided the originator’s telephone number. That started a 4-hour ordeal of different phone numbers and web sites. Finally, I got through to Joy in the Philippines who explained it […]