November 2014

Can’t Disable Touchpad

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, My problem is with the touchpad on my laptop. I’ve had this Dell Latitude D350 laptop for 6 years and had been running Windows XP. When I upgraded to Windows 7 a couple months ago I realized my touchpad was still functioning even though I use a wireless mouse. I have tried […]

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Will Malwarebytes interfere with Antivirus?

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, First of all I would like to tell you how much I love your newsletter and I always learn something from each and every one of them. My question is the following. I have Norton antivirus. If I installed the Malwarebytes program, would it interfere with my antivirus program? l don’t think […]

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How To Get Rid of Bing

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, Can you help me get BING completely off my computer? I hate it and the way it just takes over your computer. Thanks, Lynda

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How To Get Rid Of Yahoo Home Page

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, Please help me, I’ve got a major problem I just can’t seem to solve on my own. I used to have Yahoo for my e-mail. At no time did I ever give them permission to become my home page. I decided to part ways with Yahoo completely so I cancelled my e-mail […]

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Online Contact Management

Dear Computer Lady, I am starting up a home-based business and need to fine an inexpensive [free is good] online contact manager software. All I need are the basics of contact management including quick contact entry and retrieval, a to-do list, that could possibly link to something like Gmail [this criteria is not really necessary]. […]

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Replacing Windows XP

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, My computer is XP but over 12 years old and a bit slow 17 inch laptop used like desktop in several places without a battery installed. What are your best advice for a choice of a current operating system in choosing my new computer very soon. Would you recomend a apple over […]

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Email from UPS?

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I just got an email from UPS stating that I was not available when they attempted to deliver a package, and a second attempt will be made to deliver the package on the next business day. That’s nice, but I never ordered anything. There is a tracking number and a shipment detail […]

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Transferring Files From XP to 7

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have a Windows XP system and would like to transfer all of my files to my new Windows 7 system. Is there any easy way of doing this? Thank you for any assistance you can give, Dewberry

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User Profile Service Failed The Logon

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, When trying to logon I get this message “user profile service failed the logon. user profile cannot be loaded. I have been using the same password and have not forgotten it just used it yesterday. I am the only one that uses this computer. Can you please help me. Thank you, Janice

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Replacement For MS Works

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I’ve enjoyed your column for a few years — useful answers without tech mumbo-jumbo. Now I have a question. I’ve used MicroSoft Works a lot because it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles the other Office type suites have, but now Windows no longer includes Works. Can you suggest any other […]

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