September 2012
Using My Old, Slow PC
[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have a question I have not seen an answer to in your newsletters so far. When my desktop becomes old and slow, can I just remove all programs from it except my embroidery software, and Microsoft Works and use it just to store and view my embroidery designs and as a […]
How To Dry Your Laptop after a Spill
[ad]Dear Computer Lady, My daughter spilled water on her laptop computer. It stopped working. We took out the battery and have the computer open to dry. Is there anything else we should be doing besides praying?? Thanks so much, Marsha
Windows Password Required to Wake
[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have windows 7 on an hp pavilion 747c. I recently changed my screen saver and then changed it back to “none.” Now when the computer goes to sleep and I wake it, I must put in my password every time. Thank you. I’ve enjoyed your column for a long time. Karen
Sending Attachments in Thunderbird
Dear Computer Lady, When I am writing a new email in Mozilla Thunderbird, and I “attach” a file from WORD (or any place else), the name of the attached file appears top right. However, not all of the file name appears. I can manually move the field to the left by pointing the curser to […]
Outlook Mail Error Fix
Dear Computer Lady, Evidently my files for Outlook has finally hit their max capacity or it just doesn’t want to work anymore. I have Vista Ultimate and Outlook has stopped functioning correctly. If I am quick when I open it I can manage to delete maybe 2 or three emails but after that I get […]
How To Fix Word Template in Office 2010
Dear Computer Lady, Somehow I’ve lost my normal template for Microsoft Word 2010. I’m stymied after reading as much as I can on Word’s help files. None have told me how to find where the up-to-date version is. I can see the old normal file when I try to open a new document, but the […]
How Do I Copy & Paste A Webpage?
Hi Elizabeth, I am hoping that you can help me. I am using Opera 12.02 as my browser – great one -, I often want to print out a quilt design with instruction and pictures. I highlight the design and then copy it, open Word and paste, unfortunately the pictures don’t come thru. I also […]
How To Fix Windows Blue Screen
Dear Computer Lady, How do you make the computer stop dumping and the blue screen coming up? Debbie
Can’t Access The Floppy Disk
Dear Computer Lady, I borrowed a floppy drive to open some archived disks made in Windows 98 (?), which were in storage for years. My computer refuses to recognize the contents and wants to reformat them and destroy the data. What software can I use to read these disks? My computer runs Win 7. The […]
How To Enable System Restore
Dear Computer Lady, When I attempt to open System Restore in Win 7, I always get a notice that System Restore” has been turned off by my System Administrator”. This happens every time I click on System Restore under “All Programs”. Is there any way you can show me how to turn it back on? […]