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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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.) […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]