July 2005

SyncBack Freeware

  SyncBack Works in Windows XP http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware SyncBack is a great little freeware program that helps you easily backup and synchronize your files to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc); an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.

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Find Windows Wallpaper File

  Dear Computer Lady, My old computer crashed, but my son was able to retrieve my files from my old hard drive.  I had a special wallpaper on my old computer that I downloaded from the internet that I just loved.  What file extension might that wallpaper have had? I’m hoping I can find it […]

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Transfer Files To New Computer

  Dear Computer Lady, Thank you for being there for us novices.  I have learned a lot from your newsletters and I sure hope you can help me with my problem. I have a new Windows XP computer.  It does not have a floppy disk drive. How do I use a USB flash drive to […]

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Remove Spyware Toolbars

  Dear Computer Lady, I would like to let you know how much I enjoy your newsletter it is very informative and fun to read.  Could you please tell me how to permanently get rid of a tool bar that was put on automatically through another website. I can temporarily remove it but I would […]

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Scrollbar Width

  Dear Computer Lady, I had read somewhere that you could enlarge the scrolling button but I cannot remember how to do it.  I now have a Gateway Home Edition with Windows XP and would appreciate it if you could tell me how! I read your newsletter and have learned so much. Thank you, Grace

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Professor Fizzwizzle Game

Professor Fizzwizzle Game Works in Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP Price: $19.95   Professor Fizzwizzle needs your help! His once-friendly Friend-Bots have gone in to rage mode, and have thrown him out of his lab! Can you puzzle your way past the Rage-Bots and help Professor Fizzwizzle set things right? He’s counting on you! This is a fun, […]

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Mouse Pointer Size

  Dear Computer Lady, Can you change the mouse pointer size to a larger size in Windows 98? If so, please tell me how you do it.  I have tried all the help areas on my computer and see no where to make the pointer larger.   Thank you for all your help, Robert 

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Skip XP Welcome Screen

  Dear Computer Lady, I have a new IBM ThinkPad with Windows XP Home Edition.  I am the only person who uses or has access to this Laptop and I don’t know how to get rid of the User Accounts on this computer. I just want to be able to start with the desktop showing […]

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Clean The Keyboard

  Dear Computer Lady, Love your newsletter and the good information.  This is kind of an unusual question: A couple of keys stick on my keyboard. I don’t know what to do other than buy a new keyboard.  Is there anything I can use to clean it and how would I go about it? Shirley

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Saving Files To CD

  Dear Computer Lady, Recently I was saving a copy of the 911 Commission Report onto floppies. All were in PDF format. One section was 2 mb, way too large for a floppy! So, I tried to copy (write) them to a CD. This would not work, which YOU probably know. When I wrote Adobe, […]

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