Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category


Getting Pictures off Old Hard Drive

Dear Computer Lady, Hello my name is Heather . Hopefully you can help me with my computer problem. My husband had the same computer about I want to say 6 months ago and his crashed it’s a toshiba . I’ve been told people can pull pictures off of the hard drive. When I turn it [...]

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Is it Safe to Unplug Monitors?

Dear Computer Lady, Just wondering… is it okay NOT to turn off an LCD monitor through its power button? instead i turn it off by directly unplugging the power cord off the wall.. same goes by turning it on. mine are 10 units of Samsung E1920. Would take sometime to turn off each one of [...]

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Should I Buy 32 or 64-bit

Dear Computer Lady, I love receiving your newsletter – it’s always interesting and I like your personal notes! Thanks! My question concerns 32 bit verses 64 bit. I am looking at a new laptop and the one I like, and ASUS, is 64 bit. Someone told me that my 32 bit programs won’t work on [...]

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Why Can’t I read Old Files?

Hi Elizabeth!!! This is the 3rd time I’m emailing you and love to look forward to your answers! I’m an old school computer geek (cards et al..loved it!) and should be able to figure this one out, but the “new” stuff is a bit beyond me,…but I’m learning. I have all items/files from Computer 1 [...]

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Cursor Jumps When Typing

Dear Computer Lady, I have an HP G60 laptop that is about 1.5 years old. I have an intermittent problem that is more prevalent than not. When I try typing text the cursor jumps all the way back to the beginning after the 6th or 7th character like I hit the home key. If I [...]

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Noise in Tower

Dear Computer Lady, I’m having problems with my computer making a loud noise it sounds like a fan. I’ve spent some time on the phone with software problems with Answers By and the 4th person I talked with said mam this is a hardware issue. My question to you is this, what kind of online [...]

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Possible Monitor Problem

Dear Computer Lady, My question is about my monitor. I have Windows XP and an old computer but a very good one and had it upgraded a few months ago. The Tech said its in excellent shape and he added some memory to it. I have a flat screen monitor that as given to me [...]

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Monitor gets Fuzzy

Dear Computer Lady, The image quality on the computer color monitor is bogus. It is fuzzy (out of focus) and distorted. AOC brand 19 inch CRT color monitor, model 9KLR, from April 2007 – in use daily since. Further described: the center part of the screen is fuzzy-out of focus. The left and right edges [...]

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Using 2 Computers with 1 Monitor

Dear Elizabeth, Again, I thank you so much for all the good information you share with us. I am sending the following info in hopes it might be of use to somebody: Myself being quite old (79) and set in my ways, I was perfectly happy with my old computer, old printer and old operating [...]

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HP Printer Problem

Dear Computer Lady, I too read your info in the weekly Sentinel and also receive your online newsletter, which I enjoy and have learned so much. I am so disappointed in HP as I just purchased a new HP PC w/Windows 7 and am really happy with it, after finally giving up on my old [...]

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