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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A

Questions In My Columns
Third Quarter of 2008

Date	Questions Asked
July 6, 2008	Q. I accidently deleted the Windows Update item from my start menu. How can I get it back? Q. In Vista, in my Contacts in Windows Mail, the toolbar is missing some items. One I need is "New Contact Group" but it is missing. How can I get it back.?
July 13, 2008	Q. I recently bought a new computer with XP installed. I use Outlook Express, but have found that the spell checker is missing. Did something not get installed and how do I get the spell checker?
July 20, 2008	Q. For some reason, when I open My Pictures folder, all I have is thumbnails There are no filenames under the thumbnails. How did I do this, and how can I get back my filenames? Q. When I print out something from the web, there is always the URL and date printed at the bottom. Is there a way to prevent this from printing on every page?
July 27, 2008	Q. I need to check my email from home and work but am using a different ISP at the two locations. I can check and read it at both locations, but am having trouble replying at both. Is there a simple solution?
August 3, 2008	*Q. The description of items in my Quick Launch toolbar comes up behind the taskbar making it impossible to read. How can I fix this?*
August 10, 2008	Q. Recently, I have been getting warnings about my D drive Recovery having low memory. I can acknowledge it and all seem OK, but what is this all about?
August 17, 2008	Q. Sometimes my hard drive seems to run and run for no apparent reason. How can I find out what is causing this?
August 24, 2008	Q. I have a 16 GB USB "Thumb" drive that is empty and yet when I try to copy a 4.3 GB .iso file to it I get a "Drive full" error message. Why?
August 31, 2008	Q. I am trying to copy several hundred very small files to my USB drive but I keep getting an error that prevents the files from being copied. I should have plenty of room. What could be causing this?
September 7, 2008	Q. I have an old Aptiva PC that is not use anymore and would like to give it to an organization that refurbishes old ones and gives them to kids that would like to have one but can't afford it. Where can I get a program that would erase all of my information that is still on the PC?
September 14, 2008	Q. My friend calls what I think is my computer a modem. Can you explain what it really is?
September 21, 2008	Q. With reference to a computer and software, what is an Easter egg?
September 28, 2008	Q. Can you explain briefly what the CPU is and what it does in terms that a novice can understand it?

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