Archive for the ‘Windows XP’ Category


Slow Starting Computer

Dear Computer Lady, Thanks so  much for the service you offer via your newsletter. I’m not entirely a novice at the computer, but neither am I a whiz. Yet there are some things that just have me stumped. This particular issue is really getting to me. I have Windows XP, and when I turn on [...]

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Registry Questions

Dear Computer Lady, What is the Windows XP registry? How can you see how it works, and is there anyway to clean it up if necessary? Are there any decent programs available to clean it up? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Respectfully, Robert

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XP Won’t Update

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 [...]

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Can’t Click the OK Button

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 [...]

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Icon Text in XP

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 [...]

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Start Button Moved

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 [...]

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Stop Automatic updates XP

Dear Computer Lady, How can I stop automatic updates on my computer? I have Windows XP. I’ve gone into the “Internet Options” but that still doesn’t stop the updates from coming through. It really messes up some of my programs. Thank you Rachel

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Snipping Tool

Dear Computer Lady, A friend of mine sent me a site WildEarth pertaining to Africa and wild animals where there are web cams at feeding holes etc. and she uses what she call the snipping tool to capture pictures and then print. She said to go to start hit search and it would bring up [...]

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Show Notification Icons

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 short [...]

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Auto Hide Taskbar

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 [...]

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