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Avoid hard sells with new PC purchase

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: We’re ready to purchase a new PC and want to be ready for any “hard sells”. What should we look out for?

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Printing envelopes

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: I occasionally use Microsoft Word to print envelopes to a list of people but I have to start from scratch everytime I [...]

Copying and Pasting

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: Occasionally I want to forward only a portion of an email message. What’s the best way to do that?

PC CLUB:  There [...]

Copying and Pasting revealed

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: Occasionally I want to forward only a portion of an email message. What’s the best way to do that?

PC CLUB:  There [...]

Using Spanish accents

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: My daughter is preparing a presentation and needs to use several Spanish characters. Can you tell me how to do this?

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Prevent misplacing downloaded files

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: My Downloads folder has several programs named setup.exe. Of course they’re named setup(1), setup(2), etc. How can I tell what they are?

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Cloud Computing–what is it?

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: I hear the phrase “Cloud Computing” more and more. Can you explain what this is in simple terms? I’m going to a [...]

Should I purchase a warranty?

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: I’m in need of a new printer since my current one has started making a terrible noise and it won’t let me [...]

Checklist for backing up

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: I just started backing up my entire PC with a complete disk image in case my PC crashes. What data, etc. should [...]

Get a list of what’s on your Kindle

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org.

QUESTION: My wife asked me for a printed list of books that are on her Kindle. Can you help me?

PC CLUB: 

Here’s how [...]