December 2016
How To Compress Photos
Dear Computer Lady. I am an artist and want to send photos to someone who is running an art exhibit. My jpeg photos can be no larger than 2 MB. All of the jpeg photos on my computer of my art are larger than that. I understand there is a way to compress them but […]
Backing Up To A Flash Drive
Dear Computer Lady, I have a 32GB flash drive connected to my hard drive for automatic backups. Now I’m getting a message that my flash drive doesn’t have enough space. When a computer does automatic backups doesn’t the new replace the old info? Do I need to get a new and larger flash drive, erase […]
How To Protect Yourself From Infected Websites
Dear Computer Lady, Carbonite has a post that Word Press has been hacked and customers have been receiving ransomware. Have you seen this? Thanks, Cindy
Label Printing Software
Dear Computer Lady, First, like most people that write to you, I’d like to thank you for so much useful information that you have shared through the years. My question is… I have always printed address labels for various mailings. The way I did that, was by using Microsoft Works… but that software wasn’t included […]
Laptop Is Slow To Charge
Dear Computer Lady, Last night about 8:30 I started charging my computer, it was at about 17%. When I went to bed about 9:30 it was only about 50%. When I got up at 4 it was about 95%. Do you think it’s the charger or the computer? Thanks and have a good day. Carolyn
Why Renew Office 365?
Dear Computer Lady, We have received a renewal request from Microsoft Office 365. We can’t find a simple explanation anywhere as to what this program is and /or why I might need it. It must have come on my newest computer and I have no idea what it is or how it differs from my […]
How To Alphabetize Firefox Bookmarks
Dear Computer Lady, How do I alphabetize bookmarks in Firefox? Thanks, John
How To Quickly Maximize A Window
Dear Computer Lady, I play exercise videos on a computer connected to my TV in the morning, and every morning I play this little game of trying to click on the maximize button before the window resizes to adjust to the video. Most mornings, I don’t quite make it, and have to move my cursor […]
How To Add Bookmarks in Firefox
Dear Computer Lady, How do I add bookmarks in Firefox? Thanks, John
Google Drive Icons Too Small
Dear Computer Lady, I have subscribed to your newsletter for a very long time and you have helped me without your even knowing it, but now I need help and hope you can clear this up for me. I had Google Drive open, looking at my photos. I was going to try to mark 4 […]