Categories

Which disk imaging program should I use?

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’ve recently experienced an infected PC. I have read several articles on backing up our entire PC and want to know which [...]

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?

PC CLUB:  [...]

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?

PC [...]

Repair file associations

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 accidentally changed the default program for .lnk (Desktop shortcut or link) to Adobe Reader. Now, every shortcut tries to open Adobe [...]

Sharing a 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: My wife and I each have our own printer but when I run out of ink is there any way I can [...]

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 [...]

Configuring AutoPlay on a Windows 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: My wife and I each have a Windows 7 PC. When I insert a music CD it starts to play right away. [...]

Dealing with Word Perfect 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: I recently volunteered to do some work for a homeowners association that requires typing and distributing documents. I have been using Word [...]