March 2010

Computer Slows down

Dear Computer Lady, My computer is very slow especially about 3 or 4 pm. I continually get a pop up that says microsoft is not responding. what can i do about this? Thanks, John

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Clear Text Tuner

Windows 7 Tip In Windows 7, you can use a utility called “Clear Type Tuner” to adjust the text on your screen until it looks as clear and sharp as you want it. Here is how to use the Clear Type Tuner.

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Stop Automatic updates XP

Dear Computer Lady, How can I stop automatic updates on my computer? I have Windows XP. I’ve gone into the “Internet Options” but that still doesn’t stop the updates from coming through. It really messes up some of my programs. Thank you Rachel

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How To Delete a File

Dear Computer Lady, I have Windows XP and in “My Documents” section, I have two old personal letters I want to delete. I have tried all sorts of things, but cant seem to delete them. I originally typed them in Word Pad and saved them at that time… two years ago, and now want to […]

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Save Install Files?

Dear Computer Lady, I have a question. Once a program is downloaded and installed is it alright to delete the installer? I have so many of them now and are they just taking up unnecessary space or is that what runs the program? Barb

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Can’t view Answers

Dear Computer Lady, I have been trying to forward your newsletters to my e-mail address on hotmail. I am forwarding e-mails from an account that is using dial-up and also uses gmail. Each message comes back with a message stating permanent failure. Very few make it to my hotmail account…a few have gone through…I can’t […]

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Stop Messenger

Dear Computerlady, Have enjoyed your newsletter for a few years now while learning about computers. Being a senior citizen learning new things aren’t always easy. I recently purchased a new computer with Windows 7 on it. I do believe windows 7 is easier to work with than Vista but am having trouble locating how to […]

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Snipping Tool

Dear Computer Lady, A friend of mine sent me a site WildEarth pertaining to Africa and wild animals where there are web cams at feeding holes etc. and she uses what she call the snipping tool to capture pictures and then print. She said to go to start hit search and it would bring up […]

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SMART Hard Drive Errors

Dear Computer Lady, Windows xp purchased in 2002 cybertron from tiger direct. Been having slow start up problems always get started but not easy latest problem computor said pri master hard drive disk s.m.a.r.t. status bad backup and replace. Also lots of error messages says program not responding.once said system has recovered from a serious […]

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Adding Items to SendTo

Dear Computer Lady, I frequently move pictures to a special folder that I have created. In the past, when I had Windows XP, I could add that folder to my Send To menu that appears when I right click on a file. Now that I have Windows Vista, I can’t figure out how to add […]

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