James Coates

We still haven't seen the last of that nasty MSBlaster.exe worm attack, and so waves of new customers are beating a path to the doors of such antivirus software giants...

Q. I just downloaded new Windows desktop wallpaper but it is very cluttered because of all the icons. How can I get rid of the icons I don't use? I...

Q. It's funny how you now recommend a firewall for everyone. I've read your column for years now, and I remember when you used to tell people they didn't need...

Q. I am interested in buying and building a PC security system that I can use to monitor my house while I am at work. I don't want a home...

It's been a very long wait, but I bring you great news: America Online's e-mail now offers just about all of the serious features that business users need and never...

Q. We have put many of our photos on the computer and burned them on the CD drive. We would like to show them with our television. We have tried...

Q. In our office we have a number of documents and forms that we must keep handy. Our receptionist is designated to keep these forms replenished at all times. She...

Call it the strange affair of the hackers versus the Office of Homeland Security. It's a tale that says much about the state of computer paranoia rampant in the land...

Q. Every time I try to download AOL 8.0, I get a message that states AOL cannot find my modem, and then the computer freezes. When I try to download...

Q. I brought my nifty super laptop to the office the other day. I connected with the office DSL but my laptop is still trying to dial-up-connect to the Internet....