October 2016

How To Open A Word Doc

Dear Computer Lady, We met last summer when I brought my computer in from Ogunquit for you to fix..(Thanks again, it’s doing fine) You have a couple of broken links on your website, fyi..(no form on Contact page) I was trying to do a search on your website on what people could do to open […]

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What About Chromebooks?

Dear Computer Lady, What do you think of Chromebooks? I bought one 6 months ago and I love it! It boots very quickly, no viruses or malware, no bloatware, automatic updates, no software installations, no complicated OS, no slowing down, fast charging, safe from hackers, inexpensive, etc. I have had a Dell PC and a […]

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Incoming Email Font Too Small

Dear Computer Lady, I really only have a problem with your tiny font. Must be a 10 or smaller. I am using 14 as above in bold This is yours in black I was wondering if you could possible enlarge your font for us seniors whose sight is not what it use to be. I […]

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How To Open Saved Outlook Files

Dear Computer Lady, After backing up all the information that I had on an old computer to my recently purchased new computer, I am unable to open some saved Outlook 2010 files. They transferred over from my old computer into my “Documents” folder on my new computer and after getting the message that I had […]

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How To Extend The Life of my Vista Laptop

Dear Computer Lady, I have a laptop computer with the vista, it is 7 yrs old. Is there anything I can do to try to keep using it without spending alot of money to keep it going since there won’t be any updates going. I would like to put a different windows in it, but […]

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How To Save Online Videos

Dear computer lady, I like to use online videos and tutorials for instruction and would like to save them to my documents for later off-line reference. I have win 7 and have heard it is possible. Can you tell me what I need to do this, maybe in mp 4 or mp3 format… Hoping you […]

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How To Hide Birth Year on Facebook

Dear Computer Lady, I would like to remove the year of my birth on Facebook for everyone to see. I assume the year is going out for the world to know and I would like to have it confidential. Is there a way to remove the year of my birth? I appreciate all the good […]

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Acronis VS Carbonite

Dear Computer Lady, Do you like Acronis True Image better than Carbonite? Thanks! Liz

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Online Password Managers

Dear Computer Lady, Thank you for all the years of information, many of a great help. Now I have a question, do you use an online password program. I have so many different passwords between work and home with loads of pieces of paper with each one on, that I thought maybe this might be […]

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Free Program For Word Processing

Dear Computer Lady, I’ve enjoyed your emails for years (first saw you in MIAH WHEN I LIVED IN ME) Is there any free program that you can use for word processing? I used to have office but have a new all in one HP PC that has nothing but a trial. I use it seldom […]

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