May 2012

How To Schedule Facebook Status Updates

How To Schedule your Facebook Posts Wouldn’t it be great if you could sit down, write a whole week’s worth of posts for your Facebook business page, schedule them to be posted when you want them to, and then not have to worry about it for the rest of the week? Facebook has a new […]

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How To Stop Date From Automatically Changing in Word

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I am using Microsoft Word and Windows 7. When I open a letter with date on it the date automatically changed to the current date. I want to manually change the date each time. This happen if I just open the document/letter to see how it reads. Thank you so much for […]

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How To Publish Articles on Facebook

Dear Computer Lady, I have been putting links to online articles on my Facebook page for a while now, but I was wondering how I would go about writing my own article for my Facebook business page. The status updates do not allow me to write a long article. Thanks, Mike

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How To Create Photo Albums on the iPad

Dear Computer Lady, How do you make albums on the iPad? I have lots of photos and would like to separate or move them into different albums. Thanks, Pat

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Accidentally Replaced MS Word Document

Dear Computer Lady, I feel so embarrassed but I did something so stupid last night. I opened a document in Word, and when I went to save it to a document, Recipes – Cakes, I realized that this was a pie recipe and I didn’t have a pie document. I proceeded to change the name […]

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What is a Good Backup Plan?

Dear Computer Lady, I have XP, with 160 GB. I am approaching 85% full and need to make space. If I put files onto an external hard drive that is 500 GB, it will be an only file location. Will I need to back up the back up? Thank you, Sam in Berwick

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How Long Will My Computer Last?

Dear Mrs. Boston..(aka The Computer Lady): First of all let me join the thousands of viewers/subscribers that think you are the best ! I am a ‘mature senior’ ( think 8+ decades) and I can’t tell you how many times I have visited your site for info, help, clarity and just “plain talk” about computers. […]

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Email Program for Windows 7

Dear Computer Lady, I have a new Computer with Windows 7 – and as you know, I can no longer use Windows mail. First I log on to the internet using att.my.yahoo.com – then I must use my email address and password to open my email. Is there a simpler way for me to access […]

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Help, All My Searches Are Redirected To Another Website

Dear Computer Lady, Please help me with my computer! Everytime I type in a google searched item, it redirects me to another list/website. WHY? Debbie

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How To Select All Messages in Live Mail

Dear Elizabeth, I’m still reading and learning from your weekly letters after so many years. Now I have a question I have not seen anywhere before. In Vista and others, I was able to “select all” when I wanted to delete e-mails, then press Delete. In Windows 7, I have to delete one at a […]

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