How To Retrieve Deleted AOL Email and IMs by Angela on March 20, 2008
Q: My friend used my AOL and AIM for a number of indecent activities, including sending personal photos. I’d like to find out exactly what they did by recovering deleted AOL email and AIM messages, received files, etc. Is there a free way to do so or maybe some software you recommend to [...]
Is There A Time Machine Equivalent For Windows XP by Angela on March 19, 2008
Q: I have a Windows XP SP2 machine and I am wondering if there is any software equivalent to Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. Free software would be best but not necessary.
A: I researched Time Machine for Macs and the best I could find for the PC is a program called SyncBackSE. [...]
Slow Computer Even After Spyware And Virus Scans by Angela on March 19, 2008
Q: I have a Dell e1505 and I have had some trouble recently with viruses spyware and other unwanted programs on my computer. I have McAfee virus scan, Spybot, and Ad-aware se and ran each program multiple times. Each time I run them they come up with new problems and remove them, but my computer [...]
Change Your Resolution On Windows XP by Angela on March 18, 2008
Q: I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop running Windows XP and I am having a problem where the screen is wide and has enlarged everything. How do we resize the screen?
A: I am assuming that you are wanting to adjust the screen resolution because the icons and wording on the desktop are large. [...]
Transfer Pictures To Thumb Drive by Angela on March 15, 2008
Q: How do I transfer pictures from my computer to a thumb drive so I can send them to my mother-in-law’s digital picture frame?
A: This should be a relatively simple process for you. What I would recommend is that you attach your thumb drive to your computer’s USB port. Double click on the [...]
Lost XP Password by Angela on March 14, 2008
Q: I need to know how to bypass the Windows XP log on screen. The screen has username and password and it currently prompts me to change my password because the old one has been expired and I can’t get pass this screen because I forgot the old password. I can’t even get to the [...]
Upgrate Windows XP To Windows Vista With Reinstall DVD by Angela on March 13, 2008
Q: If you have Windows XP can you install Windows Vista using the reinstall DVD sent with someone else’s computer?
A: If this DVD was sent from the factory with someone else’s computer then no you would not be able to use that on a different machine. Windows Vista CDs can only be used on [...]
Convert Vinyl Records From Analog To Digital Wav Or MP3 by Angela on March 12, 2008
Q: Are you aware of any software packages for a Mac for converting vinyl to WAV/MP3 files?
A: I have heard good things about the program Bias Peak LE 3.2. It doesn’t appear to be the prettiest program but it does allow you to convert vinyl to mp3.
Also, there are turntable systems that will convert [...]
JCarousel Plugin Causing An Infinite Loop by Angela on March 10, 2008
Q: How do I remove this JCarousel plugin from my computer that causes infinite looping of random bits and pieces of radio on my computer?
A: There are a couple things to try which are outlined below that should help in removing the JCarousel plugin for you:
Have you tried going to Add/Remove programs and deleting [...]
Retrieve Deleted AOL Email by Angela on March 5, 2008
Q: I have a Dell computer with Windows XP installed. I am not savvy when it comes to this type of thing, but I want to recover email files from my AOL account. I think my roommate has been using my email account on AOL for things that are questionable at the least. Is there [...]