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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A

Questions In My Columns
First Quarter of 2010

Date	Questions Asked
January 3, 2009	Q. I see many references to Windows Explorer in Windows 7. Just what is Windows Explorer and is it available in Windows XP and Vista?
January 10, 2010	Q. Why doesn't the color of my pictures look the same when I print them as they look on the screen?
January 17, 2010	Q. Why is it that on my new computer running Windows 7, I have two "My Documents" folders but only have access to one of them?
January 24, 2010	Q. Why is it that occasionally when I print a page like a PDF document, it looks like gobble-de-gook? After I click on print, I wait until the little graphic indicates it has been sent. Does that mean the printer has the info and I can go to another page?
January 31, 2010	Is it possible to remove the delay that always occurs when Aero Peek is initiated in Windows 7?
February 7, 2010	Q. In XP and Vista I can change the Windows Startup sound but cannot figure out how to do this in Windows 7. If this is possibly, how do I do it?
February 14, 2010	Q. I have a laptop and the display dims when I go from AC power to battery. Once plugged in the display brightens again. Is there a setting so this display will be bright all the time? I find this annoying and have not located such a setting.
February 21, 2010	Q. I tried to delete everything in my sent files folder and Outlook Express locked up and now I cannot delete any emails from any folder. How can I fix this?
February 28, 2010	Q. Is there any way I can speed up Internet Explorer?
March 7, 2010	Q. I do not like the Category view or the other icon views of the Control Panel in Vista or Windows 7. Is there a way to make it look more like the "Detail" view in XP?
March 14, 2010	Q. I have installed Windows 7 on two computers. On one I have several games but on the other, no games are available. How can I copy them from one computer to the other?
March 21, 2010	Q. I have an administrator account in Vista, yet I am required to use "Run as Administrator" for some operations. Why?
March 28, 2010	Q. Should I delete the old outdated System Restore points and if yes, how is the best way to do this?

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