Default Folder View

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Default Folder View

By Computer Lady on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | No Comments

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

View Hidden Files

By Computer Lady on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 | No Comments

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 [...]

Restore Favorites

By Computer Lady on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | No Comments

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.

Backup Favorites

By Computer Lady on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

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 [...]

Import Windows Address Book

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

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

Zipped Files

By Computer Lady on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments

Dear Computer Lady, Do you have any information about zipfiles? How do I open them, store them, zip them back, or send them? Do you need a program such as WinZip to open them easier? Mary

Low Virtual Memory

By Computer Lady on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Dear Computer Lady, My computer routinely says that I am “running low on virtual memory.” What exactly does this mean, and what can I do about it? we have a Dell Dimension, a few years old, Windows XP Service Pack 2, and run mcAfee antivirus. While I routinely try to clean it up, by the [...]

Icons Too Small

By Computer Lady on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I just had my computer cleaned up and now all the print and icons are so much smaller. How do I enlarge the items on my screens so that everything is larger as it once was. Thank you! Julie Dear Julie, It sounds like the person who cleaned up your computer thought [...]

Can’t Arrange Desktop Icons

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Dear Computer Lady, I am having problems with my desktop. The icons, for a reason I cannot explain, have all bunched up on the left side of the screen and when I try to move one, it moves all right, but then it flips right back to where it was. I have tried everything [...]

Change Start Menu

By Computer Lady on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Dear Computer Lady, In previous versions of Windows I was able to organize my Start menu programs and shortcuts into folders that I created. However, in XP, when I open Windows Explorer/Start I do not see all the programs. Therefore, it seems impossible to organize. Do you know how I can change the folder settings [...]

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