February 2013
Transferring Contacts
Dear Computer Lady, I have a laptop with Windows 7 O/S I copied and pasted a contact list from an older PC which had VISTA. I want to import this list of contacts to my e-mail program /Microsoft Outlook 2003. Not at all interested in Windows Live Mail. Can you help? You have a very […]
Deleting One Message in a Conversation
Dear Computer Lady, I think I’m correct in saying that if you delete a sent message in gmail, you also delete the entire conversation that that particular message relates to. In other words any replies or forwards deleted will delete the entire conversations. Dustyrider
How To Print Only Parts of a Page
[ad]Dear Computer Lady, When I come across a very interesting quote, article, and not the whole thing, I want to print it out! . My old PC would let me highlight the words, then copy and print. With my new Christmas “Dell” I can’t figure how to do the same thing. I do not want […]
New Laptop Cursor Problems
Dear Computer Lady, I just got this new laptop for Christmas. When we are typing a lot of times the cursor will just move and start typing somewhere else. It is quite annoying. Now, as I type this it is not doing it at all. It is mainly happening when we type e-mails. Is there […]
Windows Activation Scam
Dear Computer Lady, I have been receiving messages purported to be from Microsoft saying my Windows Activation period has expired and will become disabled in 28 days unless I activate it. Is this a scam? What should I do? Julia
How To Format an External Hard Drive
Dear Computer Lady, How do I go about reformating a Seagate external hard drive to use on my new laptop? I Was using it with my XP desktop. Thanks, Shirley
How To Delete Sent Messages in Gmail
Dear Computer Lady, Could you please instruct me as to how to delete sent messages? I have so many. I would like to keep some for a record, could I do that? Thanks so much, Darlene