August 2015

Scammer Warning

Dear Readers, If you are using your computer and a notice pops up saying you are infected with a virus or something and instructs you to call a phone number, DONT DO IT! IT IS A HOAX!!

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Are People Happy With Windows 10?

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, Microsoft tells me they are ready to install Windows 10 on my computer. Before I let them do this, what have you heard from people who have? How did the download go? Are they happy with Windows 10? Thank you, Jan

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Should I Try Windows 10?

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, You haven’t said anything yet about Windows 10. They are offering it for free. Should I try it out? Joan

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Upgrading Acer Laptop to Windows 10

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have Windows 7 Pro on my Acer Aspire 5100 laptop and its working great, no problem. Its 32 bits and I increase the HD and Ram. But when I tried to load Windows 10 then it notes: Compatibility issue ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100 The display manufacturer hasn’t made your display compatible […]

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Windows 10 Lessons

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have just downloaded Windows 10. Are you planning on doing lessons on Windows 10 now that it is out? I have tried to find a decent user manual for the program but so far, everything is in conputerese. Alas, I am very conpluterese disabled. I expect that I am not the […]

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About OneNote

Dear Computer Lady, Will you write about Microsoft Office 2013’s OneNote? It is so confusing to me. Thanks, Mary

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Email Program For Multiple Addresses

Dear Computer Lady, I use Blue Mail on my Android phone. With that app, I can read email from the three accounts I use: Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! I used to use Outlook Express on my computer to do this, but obviously I can’t do that anymore. Is there another email program out there that […]

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How To Switch to Cordless Mouse

Dear Computer Lady, How do I switch to cordless mouse? I just got this laptop with windows 8.1 yesterday. Thanks, EJ

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Scrambled Desktop Icons

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, I have enjoyed your information for a long time. Keep up the great work. My problem: I have a Lap Top and I use a second monitor as my main display device. I have LOTS of desk top short-cut ICONS spread over both monitors. When I disconnect my main display monitor, all […]

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Home Page is Changed

[ad]Dear Computer Lady, My computer has slowed down, home page (which has been the same for years) has been changed to some search place (iselect I think) and try as I might, I can’t get it to go back to my original settings – even through Tools/Options. Edwina

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