Ask The Computer Lady

Dear computer lady,
I too have received important help from your informative emails. Thanks so much.
I have a question about the little far right box on the status bar. It only gives time of day, day of week, and date. By hitting the little arrow head other programs appear for a very, very [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
The bar that pops up at the bottom of my screen – the “task bar” I think it’s called – it’s got the “start” button on the far left side. Well, I can’t get the dumb thing to go away. It used to slide down and away, but not anymore! HELP! What did [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
I read your tutorial on “How to send pictures by email”. I followed your instructions successfully reaching the final step using Windows XP. Everything loaded just as you instructed except there is no “SEND” button on the email page which Windows xp provided via Outlook. It would seem that your instructions fell [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
I just installed a new XP OS on my computer. I have usb-2 connections on my comp., but when I use one, Windows tells me I only have usb-1 and should upgrade to the faster usb-2. Why don’t the OS recognize my usb-2?
Don

Dear Computer Lady,
Your Letter each week is soooo informative . Thank you for all your help!
I have a question, I have XP and when I name a folder and then decide to change it, How do I do that?
Thank You, Carol

Dear Computer Lady,
Is there a way to set the Window’s Toolbar VIEW to default to Details instead of Tiles? Keep up the column of great Q & A’s.
Dave

Dear Computer Lady,
I have been ready your newsletter for more than four years now, and in spite of being fairly computer literate, I have learned a lot from you.
Now I have a direct question for you. Two or three years ago I noticed that a lot of temporary files that used to be stored [...]

Now that you have your favorites backed up to a data stick, you can restore them to your original computer, or put them on another computer that you might be using at home or work. Here is how you restore your favorites files on a computer.

Dear Computer Lady,
I am questioning you as to how to back up my “Favorites” I’ve never done it even though I lost everything when my hard drive crashed a few months ago. I now have an HP laptop with XP and should learn how to back up the favorites. I do backup my WORD [...]

Dear Computer Lady,
I recently upgraded to a new (used) computer, and have the files from my old computer on a CD. How do I get my email address book from the CD into the address book on my new computer?

CW