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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A
Questions
In My Columns
Fourth Quarter of 2006
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Date |
Questions
Asked |
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October 1, 2006 |
Q.
Sometimes when I open a web site in Internet
Explorer there is a little icon in the
bottom tray that looks like a red circle
with a line through it. If I hold the mouse
pointer over it, it says Privacy Report.
What's this all about?
Q.
I recently installed Microsoft
Office and now in my Start Menu
Outlook has taken over from Outlook
Express. I don't want to use
Outlook, so how do I get Outlook
Express back? |
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October 8, 2006 |
Q.
I have noticed that some of the
newer computers have something
called 64 bit processors. Would you
explain what 32 bit vs.
64 bit
is all about? |
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October 15, 2006 |
Q.
How do you set up a PC for sending and
receive Faxes?
Q.
Once in awhile I get a error message that
says the program has performed an illegal
operation and will be shut down.
What does this really mean? |
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October 22, 2006 |
Q. I just started using
Internet Explorer 7 and
noticed that the fonts look
different. What is causing
this? |
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October 29, 2006 |
Q.
What comes after the Gigabyte, and
how many bytes are there in a
Kilobyte, 1000 or 1024?
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November 5, 2006 |
Q. I
installed a game for my grandson on my
computer & now when I highlight, instead
of turning blue, it turns turquoise. I
could uninstall the game, but can I
change back to blue some other way?
Q.
When I boot my PC
and the wallpaper appears it
takes about 2 minutes for the
Icons (desktop) to appear. I
have tried several things but
nothing works. What can I do
besides put my foot through it?
Q. Something happened to my
computer and now my cursor
stopped blinking. It doesn't
matter what program I am in,
it just sits there and
doesn't blink. How can I get
the blink back? |
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November 12, 2006 |
Q.
Here are the specs for a new computer my son
just bought.
I
understand the last item, but what does all
the rest mean in terms the average layman can
understand? |
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November 19, 2006 |
Q.
I have been told that if I create an email
contact with a name like "aaablank"
it will be listed first in my address book,
and stop viruses from emailing themselves to
everyone in my address book. Does this
really work?
Q.
I need a fast and easy way to lock my
computer when I leave it. Is there one?
Q.
What is the print spooler and what does it
do? |
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November 26, 2006 |
Q. I recently had to reinstall XP.
Now I can not receive emails unless I
click on send/receive. They send okay
but not receive. I know there is
something to do that makes it receive,
but I cannot find it.
Q. I
updated to Internet Explorer 7, and now
the email icon is no longer there. How
do I get it back?
Q.
Recently, I have been unable to get my
screen saver to run. I can see the
screen savers while in display
properties and select preview but they
will not initiate after time selected
has gone by...Any ideas? |
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December 3, 2006 |
Q.
Some times when I am running an
application, I get a "runtime error". It
has a number and some message that I
don't understand. What are these runtime
errors all about?
Q. Sometimes when I go to a
website a box pops up that asks "Do
you want to allow Java applets ?"
Nothing noticeable happens if I say
yes or no and the same question pops
up repeatedly as I move around the
site. What is a Java appellate?
Should I allow them or not?
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December 10, 2006 |
Q.
When I click on Start and a program has
recently been installed, there is a popup
that tells me that there has been a new
program installed. I find this annoying so
can this popup be turned off?
Q. Doesn't XP have a pretty
good pop up blocker in it? IF it does
how do you install it? If it doesn't do
you know of a pretty good one that is
free? |
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December 17, 2006 |
Q.
Sometimes, when I run a virus scan I get a
hit on a file in a folder called _restore
that cannot be cleaned, deleted or
guaranteed. What's this all about? |
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December 24, 2006 |
Q.
I have found a file on my computer called "hiberfile.sys"
that is taking up over 1000 megabytes.
What is this file, and can I delete it? |
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December 31, 2006 |
Q.
How is possible for an email to be sent to
two different people and have one get the
complete message while the other gets only
part of the message? |
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