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Icon Text in XP
Dear Computer Lady, The wording under the icons on my Desktop aren’t “transparent”, they are contained in boxes which makes it very hard to see the background I have on my Desktop. How do I go about making those darn “boxes” go away ? I am running OS Windows XP w/SP2 and I do not […]
Show Notification Icons
Dear computer lady, I too have received important help from your informative emails. Thanks so much. I have a question about the little far right box on the status bar. It only gives time of day, day of week, and date. By hitting the little arrow head other programs appear for a very, very short […]
Icons Too Small
Dear Computer Lady, I just had my computer cleaned up and now all the print and icons are so much smaller. How do I enlarge the items on my screens so that everything is larger as it once was. Thank you! Julie Dear Julie, It sounds like the person who cleaned up your computer thought […]
Can’t Arrange Desktop Icons
Dear Computer Lady, I am having problems with my desktop. The icons, for a reason I cannot explain, have all bunched up on the left side of the screen and when I try to move one, it moves all right, but then it flips right back to where it was. I have tried everything […]
Delete Desktop Shortcuts
Dear Computer Lady, I enjoy reading your newsletter. I have a quick question – how do I get rid of some of the icons on my desktop that I’m not using on a regular basis? I don’t want to get rid of the program itself, but I don’t need all those icons on my […]
Hidden Desktop Icons
Dear Computer Lady, I am new at computer stuff and love reading your news letters. You have helped to so much. Well I have a problem and I hope you can help me. I have Windows XP home edition and in my random clicking to explore my computer I have somehow clicked on something […]
Return Icon To Start Menu
Dear Computer Lady, I love your newsletter! I am a relatively new user and the computer sometimes boggles me. You recently answered a question about removing icons from the desktop. I have another question relating to that. I was lazy clicking on a game from the start menu, and accidentally dragged it onto […]
AutoArrange Desktop Icons
Dear Computer Lady Sure hope you can help me with this problem, I can no longer click on to the icons on my desk top and move them .When I do they zip right back to where they were. For some reason they have all moved to the left side of my desk top […]