Lately Microsoft is downloading an update each time I switch off. Under instruction from my maintenance provider, I restored the system to the date of the...

A friend has a Dell M1210 laptop running XP - works great. He wants to expand his disk space, and bought a SSD to replace the normal spinning disk. Both are...

Colin has given Frank a Windows 7 computer. There is one single login (apart from a guest account that has never been used) shown in manage user accounts or...

For those of us who've used MS Word over the years, you know that more recent versions of Word have problems opening .doc files of older versions. A PITA,...

I am on W7 and have the original discs without SP1 (or whatever it was called). I also have Office 2010 installed. While installing IE from windows update,...

New LG smart TV, internet on TV via wi-fi working OK but trying to play media files from PC on TV get "No connected PC server" message. Using LG's SmartShare...

This tool is useful minimally. It will record my voice; however in other aspects. It alludes to a File name box in Help. I find that once one starts a...

I am using W7 Home Premium. I cannot look some things in c:\users\me I discovered this when I sought to look at my MS Outlook 'outlook.pst' file, using...

I'm a Firefox user in most of my computers, except Win7. LOL I use Opera in one, Maxthon in the other. Firefox has the option of restoring the tabs from...

Sometimes, I need to terminate my anti-virus software. Before doing that, I disable my network connection. I do not re-enable the connection until after my...

"if he produces more electricity than he uses, the excess is 'donated' to the grid without any compensation." Hawaii power companies want to set things up so...

Thunderbird warns me when I load it if I have unsent mail. I'd rather it reminded me before I close it; but I can't figure how to set it. Help please. Ed

Early on, I became a user of the "Windows Classic" theme, not only because I liked its clean, familiar look, but because I reasoned that, with all the fancy...

Merry Christmas Group -- -gufus Thou Shalt NOT excessively annoy others or allow Thyself to become excessively annoyed

When I look at "Properties" on the "My Documents" folder in the Documents" library, there is a location tab, where I can change it from C:\Users\me\Documents...

In message , Bill in Co writes: Paul wrote: Yes. Using an image search...

When I right click the desktop an choose Personalization that window has a menu bar at the top. FILE EDIT VIEW TOOLS HELP. My friend doesn't have that...

I don't like the text labels under my desktop fonts. How can I change them - color, size, boldness, etc? Thanks Big Fred

Since the last several Win 7 updates I noticed that IE 9 is very slow when trying to use either google or yahoo. Firefox is still running fast. Anyone else see...

Last post today. I promise! After starting up a box that I have not worked in for a year I had 40 updates. Come on MS! I also did some sw installs. I now...