James Coates

I have been writing this column since the start of Bill Clinton's first term, and during almost all of that time I have written what I call my holiday season...

Q. I've had my share of unwanted stuff, but this Macromedia Flash player has been the worst. I don't think I need it, but it keeps coming back, so much...

Jim Coates is off this week. The following column offers some of his best advice from the past. ---------- Q. Jim, I cannot get my CD-ROM drive to open the...

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There's no way to put this gently. The average worker's desktop has more germs on it than the average toilet seat. Which bring me to today's topic: stocking stuffers for...

Q. I have installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows XP computer and now Microsoft Internet Explorer won't access Web pages--it gives me a "this page cannot be displayed" message....

Q. I would like to know if there is a way within Outlook Express, or with some other software, to set up my e-mail rules so that only mail from...

Q. I currently use the Microsoft Network for my e-mail. When I receive e-mails from AOL users in the notebook style, I cannot read the message. This apparently only happens...

Q. I can't see some irreplaceable photos of mine and am at my wits' end. I have a CD-ROM burned with hundreds of photos using Roxio Creator 5. Having checked...

As the Rev. Billy Graham marks his 55th year evangelizing at an event in California this weekend, I am proselytizing for my third straight year about a new edition of...