Fear of Wi-Fi thieves calls for a body block
Editor's note: Jim Coates is taking the day off. The following column is a collection of frequently asked questions Jim receives. ---------- Q. I have Wi-Fi and cellular through T-Mobile,...
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Some hijackers require extra effort to block
Q. My Web browser has been hijacked so that when I open it the page that comes up is not my desired home page. Everything I do to restore my...
Excel spreadsheet shortcut is tab simple
Q. Hi, Jim. I work in Excel spreadsheets a lot. Is there a shortcut to changing the direction of the next cell where data is entered? Sometimes I need it...
Third screen adds to morass of acronyms, functions
After we got back from our Florida vacation, the Missus told me that we have decided to abandon my trusty Sanyo cell phone with the cracked screen and move up...
In upgrading, let the chips fall where they may
Q. In the next few months, my family is going to be upgrading our Packard-Bell 200 mHz computer. I am tending toward the AMD line of processors rather than the...
Changing text to speech a snap, but scanning is time-consuming
Q. Our son, who is entering high school in the fall, has been diagnosed with a reading disorder. We have used Books on Tape for some of his school textbooks,...
Microsoft, Intel unable to make strides in an age of upgrades
To engage in a tad of name dropping, Bill Gates, then CEO of Microsoft Corp., once looked me in the eye--his prescription lenses burning, laser-like, into my bifocals--and vowed that...
Outlook puts an end to poor mail delivery
Q. I subscribe to the Microsoft Network, but when I try to access my Microsoft Hotmail Web mail account, I get "Passport Unavailable at this Site." When I follow its...
Software saves task of retyping old work data
Q. Much of our office work was saved on discs compatible with the Ami Pro word processor on our old Hewlett-Packard computer and now need to be transferred into our...
Slowdown when starting likely a RAM issue
Q. Over the past several weeks my computer (AMD with 892 megahertz processor speed, 192 megabytes of RAM, Windows XP Home) has slowed down considerably when booting. It's also slow...