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DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A
Questions
Used In My Columns
Fourth Quarter of 2007
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Date |
Questions
Asked |
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October 7, 2007 |
Q.
I am using Vista Home premium and its email
program Windows Mail. I have an email stuck
in my inbox, and it cannot be deleted. How
can I get rid of it?
Q. Is
there a way I can be sure that I have the
latest updates of programs without checking
each one separately? |
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October 14, 2007 |
Q.
When I try to type in Microsoft Word, the
cursor moves across the page, but nothing is
visible. This started happening after my
Grandson was playing some games on the
computer. How can I fix this?
Q.
My computer started re-booting for no reason
last week, and now every time it starts up
it gets part way through then re-boots over
and over again. What's wrong? |
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October 21, 2007 |
Q.
I recently switched to a broadband
connection, but when I start Outlook
Express, I still get the option to sign-on
using my old dial-up connection. How can I
turn this off?
Q.
Please tell me again how to see graphics
that show only as a box with a red X in an
email. |
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October 28, 2007 |
Q. On my keyboard there is a key
called "Print Scrn/SysRq. When
pressed it doesn't appear to do
anything. What is its purpose? |
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November 4, 2007 |
Q.
I would like to create a shortcut on my
desktop that will go directly to a web site.
How can I do that? |
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November 11, 2007 |
Q.
More than one person uses my computer and
sometimes files are downloaded without my
permission. How can I prevent something from
being copied to one of those little USB drives?
Q.
Sometimes an incoming email (in OE) is
marked with a red flag. The help file says a
red flag indicates "the message is flagged."
How does a message get "flagged" and what
does it signify if a message is "flagged?
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November 18,
2007 |
Q. Is there a difference between
blank music CD-Rs and traditional
data CD-Rs? |
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November 25 |
Q.
I can change the size the Icons to different
sizes, but the text beneath the Icons stays
the same size which looks like a 6 or 7
point. This is much too small for me to see.
How can I enlarge this text? I am using
Windows Vista Home Premium.
Q.
When I go to a crossword puzzle site & click
to print the puzzle, Adobe Reader starts up.
On one computer it opens by moving to
another web URL. To get back to the puzzle I
must use the back arrow. On another
computer, Adobe Reader opens in another
window so to go back to the puzzle I just
close that window & am back to the first URL
window. Why does it work differently?
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December 2, 2007 |
Q.
Sometimes, when I click on a graphic on a
web page, I get the message "Click to
activate", but when I click on it nothing
happens. What's this all about?
Q.
For a long time I'd not seen the little dog
that comes out when you open a Word
document. Then one day there he was. What
did I do to I turn this feature on?
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December 9, 2007 |
Q. When I click on a .doc file,
instead of Microsoft Word opening, I
am getting a run time error. What is
causing this and how do I fix it? |
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December 16, 2007 |
Q.
I notice the wireless standards we use are
802.11b and 802.11g. What happened to all
those in between? |
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December 23, 2007 |
Q.
Sometimes, when Windows does its
automatic updates, it changes my email
program default to Outlook. How do I get
it back to what I want it to be?
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December 30,
2007 |
Q.
Sometimes, when I go to a web site, I get a
big round blue icon with an "i" in it, and a
message that the website cannot be found.
What this all about? |
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