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XP Won’t Update

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I am running Windows XP on my desktop computer which is my primary use computer. Several times over the past few months when I have received notice of updates and download them, my computer messes up and I have to boot it up in the safe mode and restore it to an [...]

How To Change Settings for Multiple Files

By Computer Lady on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I had problems with a Win7 upgrade and had to do a clean install. I’ve imported my old files but my music files deny me access. In order to import them into WMP, I have to manually change the security settings on each file. I’ve tried folders, and it still doesn’t change [...]

How To Transfer Contacts

By Computer Lady on Thursday, May 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I recently purchased a new computer with Microsoft Windows 7 as my new operating system. I am trying to find out how to import my Windows XP Address Book to the new computer. Your help would be appreciated, thanks Jane

Copy iTunes to New Computer

By Computer Lady on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I want to transfer itunes from my old computer to new. Have Seagate external hard drive but cant work out how to do transfer. Robert

Can’t Click the OK Button

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Dear Computer Lady, I increased the size of my icons & mouse pointer using Control Panel–Personalization—- I made it too large & want to go back to just large. My problem—the print is so large, when I try to change back to just large I cannot go down to the bottom of the screen to [...]

Icon Text in XP

By Computer Lady on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, The wording under the icons on my Desktop aren’t “transparent”, they are contained in boxes which makes it very hard to see the background I have on my Desktop. How do I go about making those darn “boxes” go away ? I am running OS Windows XP w/SP2 and I do not [...]

Start Button Moved

By Computer Lady on Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I read your e-mails to me and comments in various newspapers faithfully. You are a godsend to computer beginners. I have a problem with my XP Home Dell Screen. The Start Button suddenly moved to the top of the screen and I can’t drag it and the blue bar down to the [...]

Printing Vista Contacts

By Computer Lady on Friday, April 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I really enjoy your newsletter and have learned a lot from you. We run Windows Vista, and use Windows Mail for our email. I want to print my contact list, but can’t seem to figure out how to do it. I want only the name and email address. Any help would be [...]

Missing Commands

By Computer Lady on Friday, April 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I am trying to create an e-mail group using my contacts folder in Windows Vista. I have found directions for creating a group, but when I open my contacts folder, the commands that I am supposed to use are not there. How can I fix this problem? C in Wells

Clear Text Tuner

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | No Comments

Windows 7 Tip In Windows 7, you can use a utility called “Clear Type Tuner” to adjust the text on your screen until it looks as clear and sharp as you want it. Here is how to use the Clear Type Tuner.

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