James Coates

Q. I have several DOS programs that I still use, running under the DOS prompt in Windows 98. One of them provides printer output, but only to the parallel port....

A few years back, I reviewed the Microsoft Media Player that is built into every version of the Windows operating system, and, among other tests, I used it to extract...

Q. When I run game programs ("Thomas & Friends," "Maggie's Farmyard") on my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, they fill up just a part of the screen display, about a 7-by-5-inch...

Q. I have a Sony laptop with Windows XP Home Edition, and when using Microsoft Office 2000 it is extremely difficult to select text. As I select text and move...

After a few months of reviewing advance copies of Microsoft's new business-strength Office 2003 software package, it's this writer's privilege to be among the first to review OneNote 2003, an...

Q. Somehow I activated the Windows XP start-up password (as if I am a user). Now I can't find how to change my system back to where it does not...

Q. I really need to find a way to use the e-mail addresses that I have collected in Microsoft Outlook Express to send copies of a message to a large...

Here's some bad news if you have treasured home videos of your current high-schoolers taking their first steps: After 10 years, and sometimes sooner, the magnetic tape used in camcorders...

Q. My computer is about two years old. It was custom built and has an Intel processor. It runs at 1.6 gigahertz and has 256 megabytes of memory with a...

Q. I am developing a very small construction business that will include a front office with me and a part-time appointment manager and a few employees who will check in...