Question: I am having trouble updating file associations under Windows 95. When I load some Windows 95 programs, they seem to set up their own file associations. This is fine in most cases, but some I don’t like or I don’t want some of the associations, and I would like to change them. When I […]
Question: In the past two years, I have owned two IBM G50 monitors. In both, the picture tubes blew. The first time, IBM told me it was cheaper to buy a new monitor than to replace a picture tube. My one-year warranty had run out. The next monitor came to me from IBM as a […]
Question: Is there any way I can check to see if an e-mail I’ve sent has been received by the person or server it was going to? —M.E.C. Answer: There’s something in your question that I need to clear up before we proceed. You talk about an “e-mail server”. I think what you actually mean […]
Question: I have installed the “B” version of Windows 95 at home. When I go to properties in My Computer, my file system shows local FAT. My work computer’s file system says FAT32. Does this tell me that I am not using the FAT32 file system on my own computer, and if so, how can […]
Question: On a number of occasions over the last few months, I’ve downloaded files from the web that are larger than a floppy disk can hold. Once I’ve unzipped the file, if I want to keep the original around I have to keep it on my hard drive, which is a waste of space. I […]
