Ask The Computer Lady

Dear Computer Lady,
I have about 1000 digital pictures on my computer. Some are simply irreplaceable.
I don’t wish to have them printed, but would like to preserve them on CDs. Which CD is best to use? I heard that, over time, pictures can be lost if certain CDs are used.
Thank you in [...]

Dear computer lady,
My question is a simple one (I hope).
When you download updates and install them, can you (or should you) eventually delete them if you go into the add/remove programs?
I have so many updates on my laptop and not much memory left and I was wondering how I could save space.
Best regards, [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
What a great website you have created. I also learn so much from you. I have XP and use internet explorer as my browser. I will be going in for surgery and I don’t want to come home in 10 days to find numerous emails. Is there a sleep mode or a message [...]

SpongeBob SquarePants Obstacle Odyssey
When my daughter, son-in-law, and 3 year old grandson were visiting last week, I spent some time playing on the computer with my grandson. He already enjoyed playing minesweeper (he likes to make the bombs go off) and a matching game, so I wanted to find a new game he would enjoy. [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
Your Letter each week is soooo informative . Thank you for all your help!
I have a question, I have XP and when I name a folder and then decide to change it, How do I do that?
Thank You, Carol

Dear Computer Lady,
I noticed the question about not being able to open pictures and I have a similar problem. All of a sudden, I cannot open you tube videos or greeting cards on bluemountain.com where I have an account.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Doris

Dear Computer Lady,
Been a fan of yours for years!
I cannot find the cookies file in Vista. I used to clean out my cookies once a week with my old computer to keep it fast.
Thank you, Rose in Ohio

Dear Computer Lady,
Can you help explain to me how to tell on a CD-ROM drive where to locate the switch to switch between slave and master.? Also what is the difference in Slave and Master.
Just explain to me the best you can. I’ve looked on the CD-ROM drive that I have and can’t see [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
I look forward to your email each week. You have helped me many times via another’s question and your answer. Thank for helping us.
I clicked some things trying to get my computer to run faster. I have accomplished that, but now anytime I try and open a picture of any [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
When I choose to save a web page to my desktop (where I’ll later file it in an appropriate file), I very often have TWO icons placed on my desktop. One of the icons is a Firefox icon along with the name of the file. The OTHER icon is a MANILLA [...]