Daddy Bob

DADDY BOB'S COMPUTER Q & A

Questions In My Columns
Forth Quarter of 2010

Date

Questions Asked

October 3, 2010 Q. Is there anything I can do to improve the battery life on my laptop other than buying a bigger battery?

October 10, 2010

Q. I have noticed that I have thousands of files in my Temporary Internet Files folder. Can I delete these files to regain disk space?

October 17, 2010

Q. Is there a way I can be sure that I have the latest updates of programs without checking each one separately?

October 24, 2010

Q. I installed PSI and after updating it still says that there are problems and I have installed the latest versions. How do I correct this?

October 31, 2010

Q. What is the difference between 32 and 64 bits and why is 64 better?

November 7, 2010

Q. Every time I turn my computer on I have to reset the clock. How can I fix this?

November 14, 2010

Q. How long should my old hard drive last, and why do they fail?
November 21, 2010

Q. I am getting a "cannot find server or DNS error" when I try to connect to the Internet. What is a DNS and how can I fix this problem.

November 28, 2010

Q. Is it safe to open an E-card that is sent to me?
December 5, 2010

Q. When I set up a network in Windows 7, I am given three choices as to the type of network to use. What is the difference between these three?

December 12, 2010

Q. Somewhere in Windows 7 there is a place to check the computer's performance. Can you tell where to find this and a little about what it means?

December 19, 2010

Q. Can I change the picture that displays for my username and if so, how?

December 26, 2010

Q. I keep resetting my computer's time, but every time I restart Windows, it is three hours behind. How can I make it display the correct time?

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