Hardware

How To Turn Off Blue Light in Windows 10

Dear Computer Lady, I look forward to your E-mails. Thank you. How do I turn off the blue light on windows 10? I have found out it is not good for your eyes. Thank you, Madeleine

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Samsung Monitor Not Working After Update

Dear Computer Lady, The latest update to the Windows 10 update will not recognize my Samsung monitor? I have a 24″ monitor attached to my HP laptop that has worked just fine till their update. The display settings has changed from the choice of Multiple Displays to connecting to a wireless Setting. In my search […]

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Problems With The Number Lock Key

Dear Computer Lady, I am having rrouble with my “Num Lock” key. It seems it turns itself off and if I don’t notice that the num lock light is “off” and use the number keys, they do not work (print). Is there a way to fix this problem? Thanks for your help, Joe

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The Best Secret To Identifying USB Ports

Dear Computer Lady, Here’s another question regarding photos from Kindle to Laptop. My Kindle is refurbished and did not come with a USB cable. The cable I use keeps my Kindle charged from the laptop, but the laptop never acknowledges that I have plugged in the Kindle. Am I wrong to believe that a USB […]

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Computer Randomly Restarts

Dear Computer Lady, My computer reboots itself without warning 2-3 times a week. I’m not doing any one thing when this happens. It’s happened when I clicked a link in my browser, when I was simply reading something online, and when I was making a graphic. Other times too, I’m sure, but those are the […]

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Strange Problems Typing The Letter T

Dear Computer Lady, I suddenly am having strange problems with my e-mail. When typing a note, sometimes (not always) when I get to a word with a “T” in it … the letters following the t will have jumped somewhere in the prior lines or even prior paragraph. I have to look for the cursor […]

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Two Functions On A Keyboard Key

Dear Computer Lady, Hi! I am trying to do a ‘screenshot’ but not having any luck. My ‘printscreen’ key is the same as the ‘end’ key. Every time I hit printscreen the only thing that happens is the page advances upwards. I’ve tried several ways–windows key with the printscreen key, alt key with it, control […]

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Should I Scan and Fix?

Dear Computer Lady, I have a Toshiba 1T hard drive with a lot of things saved on it. Lately when I plug in the device to the computer a message box from Microsoft Windows will come up with: ” Do you want to scan and fix Toshiba EXT (H )” There might be a problem […]

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Windows Too Large For Screen

Dear Computer Lady, I use and work on a lot of different units. One of which is an old Dell Latitude C400 running Windows XP Pro SP3. The main issue I have with this unit is that all the windows and icons extend far beyond the screen. And the only menu offers at the to […]

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Another Way To Safely Eject a Thumb Drive

Dear Computer Lady, I look forward to your articles because they are so helpful to me. My problem is that I can’t safely eject a thumb drive from my computer. My son and my sister who are both really computer smart can’t figure out why it doesn’t give me this option. I have had my […]

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