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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A

Questions In My Columns
Third Quarter of 2010

Date

Questions Asked

July 4, 2010

Q. I am trying to create a new email contact, but cannot copy and paste the address as there is no menu item to facilitate that. Can you copy and paste another way?

July 11, 2010 Q. I’m trying to open a document and it is asking me something about enabling macros. Just what is a macro, and should I enable them?
July 18, 2010 Q. For some reason, it is taking longer and longer for my Internet Explorer to open. Also, it appears that outlook Express is also taking longer. How can I speed these up?

July 25, 2010

Q. Yesterday, everything worked OK. This morning my desktop and laptop could not get on line. What could cause this to happen, and what is the best way to correct it?

August 1, 2010

Q. Sometimes, when I get an email it has a lot of >>> or ||| in front of the lines. What are these for and how can I get rid of them when I forward the email?

August 8, 2010

Q. When I click on an MP3 file on a web page, all I get is a blank screen with a little X on it. I have MP3 files associated with Windows Media Player and if I click on an mp3 file, it does open and play it. Why can’t I get this to work in my browser?

August 15, 2010

Q. Sometimes when I paste some text into an email message it comes in preset and it looks different than what I want it to be.  How can I make it so I can edit it?

August 22, 2010

Q. I just tried to print something but couldn't. When I opened the printer folder it was empty and I got a message something about the spooler not running. Things printed just fine yesterday. What is this all about

August 29, 2010

Q. I bought an external hard drive and when I plug it in to one of my XP computers it installs the driver and backup up program. On another XP computer, it won't install the backup program, just the driver. Why?
September 5, 2010 Q. I moved my printer from one computer to another temporarily and when I moved it back, it didn't recognize it but tried to install it again. What is going on here?
September 12, 2010 Q. When trying to install a printer I got a message something about a Service not running. What is a Service?
September 19, 2010 Q. I am using a computer that was given to me and still has the name of the previous user. How can I change the name to mine?
September 26, 2010

Q. Should I upgrade to new versions of Windows like Windows 7 and to other applications like Internet Explorer 9 when they are released?

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