Dear Computer Lady, Is it possible to change the formatting (bold or color) of a file name in windows explorer to easily differentiate between files? Linda
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How To Highlight Files in Windows Explorer
By The Computer Lady on Friday, June 14th, 2013 | No Comments
How To Send A Web Page by Email
By The Computer Lady on Sunday, June 9th, 2013 | No Comments
Dear Computer Lady, How does one forward website via email a using Vista? The drop down box that appears when the 3 bars in the upper right corner doesn’t display choice to do this. It seems very strange not to be able to do this task. Thank You for your newsletters, Marlene
Read More...Software To Backup Hard Drive
By The Computer Lady on Friday, June 7th, 2013 | 1 Comment
Hi Elizabeth, longtime subscriber, Love your site. I saw in today’s newsletter in the first question response — that a virus or other malware can cause so much trouble it’s better to just backup your hard drive files and do a clean install of windows. You mentioned this is what you do often in your [...]
Read More...Creating Recovery Disks
By The Computer Lady on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 | No Comments
Dear Computer Lady, Thank you for all of your help over the years! I bought a Sony Vaio E Series last August and did not make recovery discs. Can I still make them now? What kind of “discs” should I use and how do I do this?? Thank you, Joanne
Read More...Can I Install Windows 7 On My New Computer?
By The Computer Lady on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 | No Comments
Dear Computer Lady, I got a new laptop and I hate windows 8. If I can find a windows7 DVD can I just install it? And also do you know where I can buy a 7 DVD? Thank you very much, Gladys
Read More...What Does Carbonite Backup?
By The Computer Lady on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 | No Comments
Dear Computer Lady, Does Carbonite also back up your operating system along with your programs and email? Thank you, Frank
Read More...Missing Volume Icon
By The Computer Lady on Monday, May 6th, 2013 | 1 Comment
Dear Computer Lady, I enjoy your questions and answers and find them very helpful. However now I have a question of my own. I am using windows 7 on a laptop and I used to have a volume icon on the bottom task bar. It has disappeared and I would like to know how to [...]
Read More...Should I Do A Clean Install of Windows 8?
By The Computer Lady on Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 1 Comment
Dear Computer Lady, I upgraded from Win 7-64 to Win 8 Pro. It was not a “clean” install. The cursor does not appear on the Start screen, but it does appear on programs I use. Also, when I click on a tile on the Start screen, it reverts to my Win 7 home screen – [...]
Read More...Viewing Files & Folders in Windows 7
By The Computer Lady on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 | No Comments
Dear Computer Lady, Hi! Love your site. My questions is about Windows Explorer – Windows 7. I use folders and subfolders to keep track of tons of documents for work. When I sort a top level folder by name, it shows me not only all the documents in the folder I’m in, but also all [...]
Read More...Windows 8 For Office Use
By The Computer Lady on Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 1 Comment
Dear Computer Lady, I would appreciate it if you could discuss in the newsletter/on-site the new Windows 8 in relation to ‘office’ type use. It seems aimed at Pad users. I sit at a desk top, entering numbers, listing sale items, etc., searching for comparisons on multiple sites. Doing this with a touch screen, and/or [...]
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