Archive for the ‘Windows 7’ Category


Recycle Bin Icon on Desktop

Dear Computer Lady, I have lap top with Window Vista installed. I notice that the Recycle Bin is missing and even with search I can not find it. Is there any way I can find it or recreate it as I have a lot files to be cleaned/deleted. Any help?. Best regards, Prem

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Password Reset Disk

Dear Computer Lady, I have a Dell laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. To logon you have to type in a password. Well, my dear, sweet husband changed the password and forgot what it was. When I request to reset the password it states removable media, such as a floppy disk or USB flash drive [...]

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Grouping Programs

Dear Computer Lady, I would like to group my programs, such as “Printing and Graphics” “Computer Maintenance” etc. in my all programs list. I used to do this with Win98, but have not figured out how on Win 7. Can you please help? Thanks, Lesa

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How To Change Size of Insertion Point

Dear Computer Lady, I have office 2010, in word when typing can’t see the cursor. How do I made it visible? Thanks, Gram

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Change Insertion Point Size

Dear Computer Lady, I have office 2010, in word when typing can’t see the cursor. How do I made it visible? Thanks, Gram

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Backup Contacts in Vista

Dear Computer Lady, I am trying to save my address book on my thumb drive. How do I do this with Vista? Love the “Computer Lady”. Thanks, Jo

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Typing Symbols

Dear Computer Lady, I have recently purchased a laptop computer after having owned a desk top for many years. As there are no numbers on the right hand side of the keyboard, is there any way I can find symbols to match things like degrees (167 on XP) and the pound sign (156 on XP). [...]

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Desktop Icons

Dear Computer Lady, I now have Windows 7 and cannot find icons for my desktop shortcuts. All I get for most things is what looks like a blank paper. Can you tell me how to get to the icons that were in all other versions of Windows? Terrie

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Saving Files in Vista & 7

Dear Computer Lady, I currently have Vista Home Premium. When I had Windows 98, I was able to save a document directly into the folder of my choice. Now I have to save to Documents and drag to the folder. Is there a way to save directly into the Folder I want? Lynn in Florida

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Missing Recycle Bin

Dear Computer Lady, I think I accidently deleted my recycle bin from the desktop!!! I was trying to delete the items in the bin, however, I must have clicked on “Delete the Recycle Bin”. It did ask me if I wanted to delete and of course I wasn’t paying attention and hit “OK”. Where do [...]

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