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By 2g1c2 girls 1 cup QUESTION: We’re ready to purchase a new PC and want to be ready for any “hard sells”. What should we look out for? Ed: Stores can put the screws to you but many do not and here’s what to look out for. Several stores suggest that you pay them to create a Recovery or Backup Disc. [...] QUESTION: I occasionally use Microsoft Word to print envelopes to a list of people but I have to start from scratch everytime I add new people to my list. Is there a way around this? Ed: There are several tutorials for printing envelopes on the Internet including the one at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294685 but I haven’t seen any [...] QUESTION: Occasionally I want to forward only a portion of an email message. What’s the best way to do that? Ed: There are several ways to do this. One way is to click Forward in your email program and select the text or pictures that you do not want to forward and then delete these items. [...] 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? PC CLUB: [...] 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? PC [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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: What should the average user’s PC maintenance and recovery toolbox consist of? Also, what other tools and utilities do you suggest? PC CLUB: [...] |
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