Data Shredding Software

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Data Shredding Software

By Computer Lady on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I have a question for you about Data Shredding software. When the program destroys the files, does it absolutely delete them? The reason I ask is that I have been told that there is advanced software that can still retreive the data, however most people do not have access to this special [...]

How To Read Answers

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I tried to go to some of your archived questions, and when I got to your answers and the … I didn’t know how to generate the rest of your answer. Please tell how to do this. Thanx, A Dear A, You must be talking about the list of questions and answers [...]

How To Reformat and Start Over

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I have a tons of viruses on my computer so I just want to wipe it or reformat it. How should I do this or how much does it cost to just clear the pc and start over? Thanks, Tyler

Dead Computer?

By Computer Lady on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, Hi, and thanks for having such a wonderful website. Yesterday I was working online and my computer screen got a bunch of lines (like a spider web) and then went white and locked up. I turned it off, but when I try to turn it back on the lights come on but [...]

Clipboard

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Dear Computer Lady. I am a 75 yr old lady living in my “rusty” age! I learned the computer all on my own by trial and error over the past 6 years. I do not know how I managed before a friend turned me on to your site. Could you explain to me what [...]

Clean Your Desktop

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, The longer I use my computer, the more icons there are cluttering up my desktop. What can I do to make it neat and clean again? Beth

How To Install Roxio Creator

By Computer Lady on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | No Comments

How To Install Roxio Creator 2009 Roxio Creator is a great program for burning CDs, and creating backups of your photos, music and data, but often, the task of installing such a program is intimidating for the average user. This tutorial will walk you through each step of installing Roxio Creator, and in future [...]

Insert Key

By Computer Lady on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Dear Computer Lady, Sometimes when I am typing an email I must accidentally hit a key that allows my typing to go into overwrite and then I have no idea how to change it back – what am I doing and how do I remedy this? Thank you for your continued assistance. Sharon

Delete Desktop Shortcuts

By Computer Lady on Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

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 [...]

How To Turn Off Screen Saver

By Computer Lady on Thursday, December 22nd, 2005 | Comments Off

Dear Computer Lady, Yesterday I went to a two-hour class with the subject being PC Cleanup. I have Windows ME and of course, that isn’t what the computers were that we were using. I had asked the question “What should I do before running my ScanDisk to keep it from restarting over and over again?” [...]

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