Question: You always have great Windows tips in your column that answer specific questions. Can you write about your favorite tricks that we may not know about? – N.P. Answer: There are a few features that I like to use in Windows. Most of these apply to both Windows 98 and 95, but some work […]
Question: What are orphans and can I safely delete them? – Larry Answer: In the context of humans, they’re people without parents. Similarly, in the world of computers, orphans are files that no longer have a parent program. When you install a program, many files that serve different purposes are copied to your hard drive. […]
Question: I would like to know how to back up my Windows e-mail addresses. Could you give me the information on how to do this for both Netscape Messenger and for Outlook Express? Answer: There are two steps to backing up e-mail address books. First, you need to export the e-mail addresses as a file. […]
Question: I found out my Windows 95 system is infected by Win95.CIH virus version 2.1. I’ve used Norton AntiVirus to eliminate this virus, and I reformatted the hard drive. Still, I know this virus can do harm to the flash BIOS, so how can I check this part of the system? When Norton AntiVirus checks […]
Question: I see a lot of advances in the power of computers nearly every day, and a lot of great deals. My current system is equipped with an Intel Pentium II 300 Mhz processor. Now we are seeing Celeron and Pentium III and Xeon chips – what are the differences? There seem to be some […]