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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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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 [...]

Stop a printer job

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: How do you make the printer stop printing? I was in the middle of printing out some email and I wanted to [...]

How to unfreeze your printer

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: All of a sudden my printer stopped printing. I’ve checked and rechecked all connections but can’t seem to get anywhere. It seems [...]

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 [...]

Handy Windows Tools

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: [...]

Cannot delete Outlook Express emails

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: When I delete messages in Outlook Express I have various symptoms including the fact that the Delete button doesn’t always work and [...]

Creating email shortcuts with Mailto:

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 using Windows 7 and I E-mail the same person frequently. Is there a way to create a shortcut on the Desktop [...]

Saving files with Picasa

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: When I make a change to a photo using Picasa, where is the original saved? If Picasa is uninstalled can I get [...]

Make Yahoo or Gmail your default email program

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 using Windows 7 and I’d like to make Yahoo my default email program. Is that possible?

PC CLUB:  It can be done [...]