March 2013
Where to Save Important Favorites
Dear Computer Lady, I have a large number of FAVORITES but a few that are especially important to me. Is the some way I can make these stand out from the rest ? Thank you for your site, it has been a large help to this older computer user. Jean
How To Transfer Photos From Phone
Dear Computer Lady, I am wondering how I can get images from my phone camera (stored in the phone) onto my computer. I have a cable leading from the phone to the computer, but the phone doesn’t seem to offer the computer as a choice. It can send a picture to someone in the phone […]
How To Learn Excel
Dear Computer Lady, Could you please advise me of the best way to learn excel. With thanks, Karen
Delete Messages on Server with Live Mail
Dear Computer Lady, I’ve been reading your advise for many years and appreciate the help. I have Windows 7 with live mail. My email server is Road Runner and is internet based. The problem is that when I use Live mail, to delete messages, they aren’t deleted from RR and the mail box gets full […]
5 Tips for a Virus Friendly Website
5 Tips for a Virus Friendly Website Fewer tools exist to protect your website from viruses than your computer, and while it’s less likely that a page or script on your site will become infected, the consequences can be more devastating than a virus that you can quarantine on your computer. Removing an infected file […]
Pocket Bible App Review
Pocket Bible One of the Apps that I use on my iPad all the time is Pocket Bible by Laridian Software. I have been using Bible software from Laridian since my first handheld device many years ago. Pocket Bible is a free app, and it comes with the King James version of the Bible along […]
Should I Get WIndows 8?
Dear Computer Lady, Hello, my name is Donna. I love your newsletter and tell friends about you. My question is that my hubby wants to get me a new computer–from Dell, I have one now–is 6 years old and he gets tired of kids saying is slow, I have windows xp, have heard vista and […]
Disk Scan Runs When Booting
Dear Computer Lady, I’m a big fan. Been following for years. Never thought I’d need help. Enjoy working thru a problem. Well….. this one has me but good. Few weeks ago on start up, I started getting “a disk check has been scheduled”. No idea how it started. Only happened about once a week. It […]
Tech Support Scam
I am frustrated with many of the “big” computer companies, and I want to take a moment to pass a warning on to you, just in case you find yourself in a similar situation. Over the past year, I have been talking to people, more and more frequently and they tell me that they were […]
How To Set Default Photo Program
Dear Computer Lady, I recently downloaded Irfanview after reading about it in your newsletter. I think I like it, but, would prefer it to NOT be my default picture program. Can I make Windows Photo Gallery my Default picture program again and just bring up Irfanview when I want to use it? Thank you, (and […]