Networking the Network

Q: A few weeks ago you talked about connecting your old computer to your new one. My problem is that I only have one good computer monitor. ...

Missing in action

Q: I am trying to install a Lexmark X6170 all-in-one on a Dell Dimension 4100.The installation hangs up without a message near the beginning...

The ten minute webpage

Q: I want to make a webpage, but I don’t know how. Is there an easy way to make one? Is it worth it to learn how to make one? A: Webpages ar...

Dumping your data

Q: I have personal information on my computer in many of my files. I also have copies of these files on CD’s. I have just brought a new comp...

Taking your old video game system online

Many people think of videogames in more or less three eras. The Pong era, the tennis videogame with the two bars and bleeping ball. The Atar...

The Einstein within

This is the time of year that I get many questions from students and parents. They generally want advice on resources to complete papers and...

Expand your Mind

Q: I have a 60 gig hard drive and 128 megabytes of RAM, but I get messages that say that I don’t have enough memory. I have windows XP on my...

C D, C D Run

Q: The following odd problem has surfaced: I have a computer with 2 CDdrives -- one is marked on the face with "compact disk" and ...

You’ve Got Mail

Q: I have two Internet servers. One is Juno and the other is Yahoo. I keepYahoo for some newsletters and insignificant e-mails and advertisi...

Safety Ala Mode

Q: I have been having the "blue screen of death" appear more often than Iwould like, particularly when attempting to copy a folder...

The Tucson Connection

Question: My question is in regard to the "always on" problem with cable connections and the accessibility to hackers, etc. I have...

Homepage Hijack

Question: About a week or two ago suddenly "coolwebsearch.org" appeared as my Internet home page (rather than msn.com). It also a...

Master Blaster

Question: I brought a brand new computer about three months ago. It has Windows XP and Internet Explorer. The problem is that my computer ru...

Protecting your system during monsoon

After the relentless heat of Arizona in June and July, very few things can provide relief equal to the monsoon. Although monsoon storms give...

Selecting a computer for school

It is that time of the year again. The dog days of summer yield to beginning of another school year. I also find that this time of year many...

The Perfect Printer, for you

Batman had Robin, and Starsky had Hutch. Everyone needs a good sidekick. Computers are no different. The sidekicks for computers are called ...

The tale of two drives

Question: Two Items of concern. I have installed a second hard drive (D) in my PC and have moved all of my documents to that drive. Although...

Lights, Camera, Action

A few weeks ago, I had a question emailed to me about placing photos in a slideshow and then burning it onto a CD. I guess that the natural ...

Blue Screen of Death

The color blue expresses some of the beauty in life. The sky, the ocean (in some places anyway), and suede shoes. In the Windows environment...

Preventable Urban Warfare

1 laptop or PDA 1 wireless network card 1 network detecting program 1 tricked out Pringles can (optional) This is not the shopping list of a...

The art of the draw

An old saying is “believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.” Now I’m not sure about the latter, but the first part of that say...

Email hoaxes and scams pose a legitimate threat

Sometimes, what makes a good joke, scam or hoax, is its’ tinge of plausibility. If a bit of truth can be blended with enough falsehood to ex...

Email overload

People today are more nomadic than we have been in recent generations. Thankfully, the net of technology that encompasses the globe makes st...

No more boring keyboards

Computer mice have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. They have advanced from the basic device that remotely resembles a ...

Part 2 Digital Spring cleaning

Last week we knocked the dust off the outside of the system. This week we will focus on the inside. We are going to look at performance enha...

Digital spring cleaning

Spring is officially here. The sun is shining and the weather is sweet. This is traditionally the time of year that people choose to set som...

Being aware of adware and spyware

One of my pet peeves while working on my computer, is having an unexpected website pop up all of the sudden. Now the website can range from ...

P is for password

Let me see. Was it mom or was it God. No, neither of those were correct. Now I remember, it must be either sex or money. This is what it can...

How to design your digital family tree

How many of you remember the 1970s’ book and mini series called Roots. For those of you that may have been to young or just can not recall w...

How to design your digital family tree

How many of you remember the 1970s’ book and mini series called Roots. For those of you that may have been to young or just can not recall w...

Many options available for saving old photos

Some of our most valuable possessions are our memories. These memories are of varying occasions or events that have contributed to making ou...

What to do with your old computer

Now that the New Year is a month underway, I’m sure that if you have a new computer, you have already given it a good workout. Some of you m...

Downloaders beware

After my article last week on the splendor that is free music or MP3 sharing, I am sure that a few more people are dipping their toes in the...

Compression, could be music to your ears

Let us start the New Year off with a bit of trivia. What does HDTV broadcasts, DVD movies and DSS satellites have in common? The answer is t...