Last week, I was in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival with my son, but I’m back at it again this week answering your questions. Cindy paid $5 this week to be the very first question answered, but she never submitted a question. So the first question this week was from Kelly who paid $1 to have priority… Read More »Rick Answers His Email – Episode 074
Walt (who paid to be first), Ed, Ryan, Les, Ezzo, Janesse, Richard, Joe, Phyliss, Robert, Amber, Diana, Dave, Randall, Jack and Eve asked about Gmail backup, XP desktop problems, recapturing space on a flash drive, file sharing, missing taskbar, trojan horse problem, freezing Vista Control Panel, generating a password, online backup, drive cloning, problems accessing a certain web site, Comodo… Read More »Rick Answers His Email – Episode 073
Name: Diana
From: Colorado
OS: Windows 7
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I recently purchased a laptop and have a message saying there are 27 Windows update to download. Is it essential to download all these?
As unbelievable as it sounds, yes, even on a new computer with a new operating system, Microsoft has already releasedRead More »Email of the Week – 023
Raymond paid a buck to be first this week followed by questions from John, Natalie, Bonnie, USSRover, Stan, Cailin, Parag, Doc, Anne, Dane, Tim, Joanne, Dane and Jana. They asked about Windows 7 email problems, meaning of default, unrecognized laptop hard drive, Find function in OpenOffice spreadsheet, how to know when you are being scammed, improving laptop performance, backing up… Read More »Rick Answers His Email – Episode 071
Terry, Sandee, Mark, Colleen, Don, Eve, Greg, Yolanda, Luke, and Tom wrote in this week and asked about a free offer for a pay product from AVG (hint, it was not from the real AVG), receiving multiple photos in Gmail, Yahoo antispyware tool via toolbar, creating DVDs from video camera, changing text size in Windows 7, AVG & Windows Defender… Read More »Rick Answers His Email Videocast – Episode 070
Todd, Robert, Steve, Peggi, Shannon, Dennis, Terry, Russel, Theresa, San Miguel, Gary, Sandi, Harold, Joan, Pam, John, Belmira, Justin, Diane, Anne, Andrew (who paid $5 to be first this week), Regina, Dave, and Kathy asked questions about: obtaining old computers to experiment with, problems with a network controller, using Microsoft Security Essentials, working with video files from a Panasonic camcorder,… Read More »Rick Answers His Email – Videocast 069
Please excuse my audio this week…new computer and didn’t test mic first. Back on track next week. 23 questions and answers this week. Questions came from Ken, Leo, Thomas, Sandra, Wally, Eve, Boyd, Chuck, Sandra, Sam, Timothy, Patrick, Phil, Patrick, Patrick (were these three different guys?), Alana, Jesse, Drew, Michael, George, Paul, and Rita. They asked questions about updating to AVG… Read More »Rick Answers his Email Videocast – 067
Tons of questions today from Dan, Charline, Jader, Chinmoy, Raymond, Quen, Shirley, Lorraine, Deb, Janat, Walter, Gloria, Bsil, Jim, Kim, Phil, Debbie, Sue, Dave, Harold, and Terry. They asked about virus removal, router settings, changing the desktop, setting up email in Thunderbird, new tech advice, lost Gmail password, learning how to use a Mac, Adobe Flash woes, another router issue,… Read More »Rick Answers his Email Videocast – 066
This week questions arrived from Dan, Sue, Thomas, Stan, Eric, Terri, Jackelyn, Peggy, Cody, and Barb. In order they asked about an anti-brainscan hat (honestly), .data file extensions in Gmail, upgrading to Windows 7, optimizing computer startup, Internet monitoring software, identity theft phone number, free antivirus software, 32 vs. 64 bit Windows 7, missing desktop icons and unsending email. Here… Read More »Rick Answers his Email Videocast -064
Name: Barb
From: Grand Junction,CO
OS: Windows Vista
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If I install Windows 7 and I find I do not like it, can I re-install Vista on my HP Laptop by using the recovery Disk, then I would have to set it all up again?
Is it necessary to have Winows 7 professionaly installed, or is it as easy as the Beta version you installed?
Thanks for all you do, you have helped me so much over the years.
First, you are welcome…I appreciate the kind words and hope you keep talking about me and referring people to the site for years more to come.
And, yes, you can definitelyRead More »Email of the Week – 021