February 2010

Single Click Icons

Dear Computer Lady, I have a problem with my computer at the school where I work. Our OS is Windows 2000 Professional. All of a sudden all of my bookmarks as well as folders and files are underlined. The underlining itself doesn’t bother me but there are certain functions that no longer work. I don’t […]

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Word 2007 Files Not Compatible

Hi Computer Lady. I’ve been enjoying your newsletter for some time now and have a question. I have Word 2007 on my new Del laptop and Word 2003 on my Dell XPS 400 desktop. Documents from the laptop will not print when I copy them to my desktop computer. How can I make them compatible? […]

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Windows 7 Help

Dear Computer Lady, Dear Elizabeth! I am hurting! Need familiarization course on Windows 7, can you help? Simple, free, or reasonable cost please. Willie

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Word Processing in Windows 7

Dear Computer Lady, I love your column. How to you feel about windows 7. I currently have windows XP. I have installed on that wordperfect 6.1 As as one of my word processing programs. I like it for it’s simplicity…. Will windows 7 accept this program. Thanks, Sandy in Fryeburg, Maine

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How To Save E-mails to Documents

Dear Computer Lady, I have just recently been introduced to you service and I’m thrilled with what I’ve learned already. Now I have a question. I would like to move my folders from my Outlook e-mail site to my documents. I’ve tried several ways, but nothing seems to work. I’m sure you can help. Thanks […]

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Floating Toolbar for Windows 7

Dear Computer Lady, Seems like MSN decided to remove the ability for an individual to add toolbars as you could in XP & Vista. Know of any good program or way to add the Toolbars back. I used to have one on the left that had my Desktop icons like Word, Excel etc. It would […]

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Wireless Advantages and Disadvantages

Dear Computer Lady, I have been with you for many years, and this is my first question. I just purchased a HP PC and it has a wirless lan. Besides losing some of the wires is there any other advantage for having this feature and will it low my computer down if I do utilize […]

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How To Install Games In Windows 7

Dear Computer Lady, I am running an new Dell Home Premium computer with Windows 7. Somehow Mahjong Titans.exe was put on the desktop. Now the .exe will not open. I don’t know where it resided before the desktop, so I cannot replace it. Do you have a fix for this issue? Thanks for your help. […]

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Subway Scramble Game

Subway Scramble This is a great puzzle game for those who want to play with trains!

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Show Notification Icons

Dear computer lady, I too have received important help from your informative emails. Thanks so much. I have a question about the little far right box on the status bar. It only gives time of day, day of week, and date. By hitting the little arrow head other programs appear for a very, very short […]

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