August 2012

D Drive is Too Full

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have Vista and do OK with it. My problem is my “D” drive is full although I have lots of memory on my system. I get an error message every day saying my backup failed. The “D” drive has 14.9 GB used and 12.1 MB of free space. I have tried […]

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How To Highlight in Excel

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I’m working on a list in Microsoft Excel. I need to highlight certain lines with either yellow or purple, but still leave the text black. When I highlight the line and chose yellow or purple, it changes the text to either yellow or purple. Please help!!! Sylvia

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How Do You Get Internet Explorer To Open New Windows

Dear Computer Lady: I recently updated Internet Explorer and installed Microsoft updates. Since then, clicking on links within e-mails or websites, or even on my Start menu, opens the link in a new tab rather than in a new window as before. I find it more convenient and quicker to toggle through multiple windows using […]

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SendOutCards Campaigns

Dear Computer Lady, I noticed on your SendOutCards website in the cards menu there is an item named Campaigns. What are campaigns? Thanks, Jane

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Formatting Messages In Outlook 2010

Hi Elizabeth, I am using Outlook 2010 with Windows 7. Many times I receive an email from someone’s ipad (or their phones) and it’s in plain text. When I reply, I can only reply in plain text, not HTML. How can I reply in HTML? ( I like to bold letters, use my signature, etc.) […]

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How To Un-block Email Sender

Dear Computer Lady, I hope you can help me. This morning I accidentally blocked a sender (wrong one) and want to restore it to safe list. Where in Windows 7 live mail do I find the list? I’ve looked all over but no luck. Have a great day, Joan

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Re-Design A Website

Dear Computer Lady, I noticed you said you were re-doing your website in your newsletter. Obviously, we all like new things, but it seems like a lot of work. What would be the advantage of redesigning an existing business website that has loads of information? Will you transfer your archived information over? Just wondering because […]

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Farm Fables Game

Farm Fables By Big Fish Games Click Here To Download Works with Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 Farm Fables is a fun little game that I found on Big Fish Games the other day, and decided to give it a try. It must be that I grew up on a farm that draws me to these […]

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Missing Internet Explorer Icon

Dear Computer Lady, I have a one year old laptop with Windows 7. This morning, I turned it on, and the icon for Internet Explorer that is always on my taskbar at the bottom of my screen is missing. I use it every day, and all my favorites for work are in it. How do […]

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How Do I Get E Mail Unstuck?

Dear Computer Lady, I have Windows Live mail now. Recently, I forwarded an email to several and got the wrong email address on one. Now I get an error message every day that tells me the mail couldn’t be sent and why. How do I get rid of this? Also, for some time now, each […]

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