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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A

Questions In My Columns
Second Quarter of 2010

Date	Questions Asked
April 4, 2010	Q. In Windows 7, I have my wallpaper, cursors, icons, sounds etc. all set up the way I want them, but installing or changing a theme destroys all my settings. How can I prevent this from happening?
April 11, 2010	Q. I prefer to use Media Player for my MP3 files but when I installed iTunes to just see what's new with it, it tries to take over and open all MP3 files from then on. How can I prevent this?
April 18, 2010	Q. I do not like the arrow in the lower left corner of a short icon. How can I remove it and still leave the icon displayed?
April 25, 2010	Q. When I print a photo, the printout colors do not look like the colors on the screen. How can I fix things so what I see on the screen is what I get in the printout?
May 2, 2010	Q. I never use hibernation on my computer so how can I delete the hiberfile.sys file and regain that hard drive space?
May 9, 2010	Q. I have been told that to enhance the performance of my computer that I should add Memory. How can I find out what and how much to add?
May 16, 2010	*Q. What is a rootkit?*
May 23, 2010	Q. Why don't computers have a push button to turn them off like they do to turn them on?
May 30, 2010	Q. As I use my computer more and more, there is an ever increasing number of icons that show up in the lower right corner of the screen. What are all of these and do I need all of them?
June 06, 2010	Q. I sometimes find it difficult to describe a problem that I am having with my computer and resort to trying to write everything down step by step. Is there a better way to do this?
June 13, 2010	Q. Can you recommend a good free computer benchmark program?
June 20, 2010	Q. How can I modify and possibly turn off the touchpad on my laptop when I have an external mouse installed? Bumping or touching it with my palm causes it to move all over the place and makes typing difficult.
June 27, 2010	Q. I tried to go to a website, and got a message something about a proxy server refusing the connection. What is a proxy server and what does this message mean?

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