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Coming soon to Chron.com: WordPress blogs!

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:18:54 -0600

Just a quick heads up. The Chron.com blogs are switching from Moveable Type to Wordpress. I could tell you all about it, but Dwight Silverman summed it up best in his blog: This weekend, we're planning to switch our blogs...

Windows Restore virus makes files disappear

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:26:39 -0600

Q. I got hit with something called Windows Restore, which I have managed to get rid of, but now all of my Start menu items are gone. How can I get these back? A. Windows Restore looks very official and...

Accessing bookmarks on any computer

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:16:37 -0600

Q. When I am using someone else's computer, is there any way I can access my Internet Explorer favorites that are on my home computer? A. There are a number of options for accessing your favorites and bookmarks from multiple...

How to remove Internet Explorer 9

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:17:38 -0600

Q. I recently installed Internet Explorer 9 on my Windows 7 computer. When I downloaded it I was informed that If I wanted to revert to IE8 I could go to Control Panel, open Programs and Features and uninstall it...

Problem sending e-mail since updating Norton

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:59:43 -0600

Q. I've recently upgraded to Norton Internet Security 2011 and find now that I sometimes get a message from Norton that says "error 421 unexpected failure, please try later" when I send an email. Do you have any idea how...

Has my keyboard changed or is it me?

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:22:47 -0600

Q. Is it only my imagination, or have the ridges on the F, J and Number 5 key less prominent on the newer keyboards? When I started to use the keyboard that came with my new Dell PC, I noticed...

Missing Menu Bar in Internet Explorer 9

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:05:12 -0600

Q. Since upgrading to Internet Explorer 9, I find that I no longer have a File menu I can click on to select Close. This only leaves me with the option to click the red box with the X in...

Mystery object on my Desktop

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:11:44 -0600

Q. At the top right of my display above the icons is a gray band about a quarter of an inch wide containing the names of several folders that are in My Pictures and Picasa. Can you please tell me...

YouTube is taking over my PC

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:10:39 -0600

Q. My grandchildren have so many YouTube videos on my computer that it is slowing down. When I type YouTube on my computer it lists all of them. How do I erase them? A. The nature of YouTube is that...

Sharing drives between a Mac and a PC

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:25:23 -0600

Q. Why won't my MacBook Pro recognize my 8-gigabyte flash drive? Windows based machines have no trouble with it but when I connect it to my MacBook a light in the drive flashes for about one second, then nothing. A....

Where oh where has my Taskbar gone?

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:23:50 -0600

Q. I have lost the toolbar at the bottom of the screen that has the Windows flag, time, etc. How can I get that back? A. This toolbar is known as the Windows Taskbar and it can be customized in...

Adjusting User Account Control settings

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:46:00 -0600

Q. In one of your recent articles you talked about a Windows feature User Account Control (UAC). I have recently purchased a computer which is running Windows 7 Premium Home Edition. How can I determine if this feature is enabled...

Editing files on a CD takes extra step

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:41:00 -0600

Q. I am having a problem creating a writable Word document file from my hard drive to a CD. The file created on the CD is always a read-only file. I have tried several different brands of writable CD-RW. I...

Untangled up and now blue

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:37:32 -0600

Q. I bet this is one that you haven't heard before. I was trying to straighten up the tangled mass of wires under my desk and made a stupid mistake that may have cost me my external hard drive and...

E-mail garbled in Office 2003 and Windows 7

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:24:00 -0600

Q. I have Office 2003 which I have used for a number of years with out problems. I have installed this on my new computer running Windows 7 and now my e-mail messages come in with ASCII headers and image...