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

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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 […]

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How To Learn Excel

Dear Computer Lady, Could you please advise me of the best way to learn excel. With thanks, Karen

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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