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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 [...]

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: [...]

How to recover from lost password

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 have an older Windows XP computer and when I went to turn it on I realized that I had forgotten the [...]

Show multiple time zones

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 have relatives in France and I’d like a convenient way to show both local time and the time in France. Is [...]

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 [...]

Separate email accounts

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 share a PC with Windows Vista and miss the Multiple Identities feature of Outlook Express. How can we [...]

Uninstalling Secunia

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: Your column recommended Secunia to keep your computer updated with the latest patches. On my computer with Vista it does not work [...]