October 2005

Safely Donate Old Computer

  Dear Computer Lady, Thanks for a terrific newsletter.  I’m on about my fifth computer, and I have happily donated the old ones to charities in the past.  Having just acquired a new laptop, I’m ready to send another old friend off to a good home.   But now I’m wondering: what with the internet […]

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Find Hard Drive Space

  Dear Computer Lady, How do you find out how big the C: drive is on a computer? Danielle

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Open Office

  OpenOffice.org 2.0  http://www.openoffice.org OpenOffice.org is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes a word processor that is compatible with MS Word, a spreadsheet, a presentation manager, and drawing program.  I have installed Open Office for several of my customers, and my 18 year old Son is using it and telling his friends about it. […]

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AVG Professional Antivirus

  AVG Professional Antivirus [ad#avg] It has been a few weeks since I talked about antivirus programs, since I have been getting questions from people recently, who think they don’t really need an antivirus program, It is time to talk about it again. If you don’t want to get viruses, which will lead to expensive […]

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Alphabetize Favorites

  Dear Computer Lady, Is there a way to alphabetize favorites in XP?  DG 

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Copy Part Of Email

  Dear Computer Lady, Is it possible to copy part of an e-mail message? If so, how? Kit

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WorkRave

  WorkRave 1.8.1 Works in Unux, Windows 9X, ME, 2000 & XP http://www.workrave.org This program was created to assist in the prevention and recovery of repetitive strain injury, however, it is useful for so much more as well. 

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Return Icon To Start Menu

  Dear Computer Lady, I love your newsletter! I am a relatively new user and the computer sometimes boggles me. You recently answered a question about removing icons from the desktop.  I have another question relating to that.   I was lazy clicking on a game from the start menu, and accidentally dragged it onto […]

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Copy Text in PDF Files

Dear Computer Lady, I love your newsletter! It has helped me out a lot! I was wondering if you could help me out? I know I have seen this somewhere before, but I can’t seem to find it now.  How do you copy a page from adobe acrobat into word so that you can make […]

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OE Missing Folder List

  Dear Computer Lady, I have very recently come upon a problem that I can not seem to find a way to correct.  In my Outlook Express 6 the panel to the left which lets me click on sent email etc. has disappeared and I wondered if you could tell me how to get it […]

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