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Rick Answers His Email – Episode 076 – Videocast

This week Rita, Jim, and Ted asked questions and paid to have them answered. They asked about online backup, Outlook problems in Windows 7, and printing problems in Firefox. Here are their questions and answers:

Rick Answers His Email – Episode 075

Harold (who was first because he paid a dollar), Alan, Patsy, Ceil, Rickenstien, Doris, Verlyn, Laurel, John, Richard, Jim, Tom, and Pat. They asked questions about Gmail’s chat window, Excel, JAVA, printer problem with no details, inserting video into PowerPoint, saving photos from email, getting contacts off of iPhone to another phone, how to delete email without opening it, opening… Read More »Rick Answers His Email – Episode 075

Email of the Week – 024

Mailing Letters
photo credit: Smithsonian Institution

QUESTION

Name:  TERRY JAMESON

From:   LARKSPUR CO.

OS:      Windows XP

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RICK,
I WOULD LOVE TO USE FIREFOX, BUT IT SHUTS DOWN CONSTANTLY. THE INFAMOUS BOX COMES UP AND STATES THAT IT HAS “ECOUNTERED A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN.” I HAVE TRIED TO UPDATE IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM.

ANSWER

Normally, I don’t read or answer questions written to me in all caps. Not because I think the person is Read More »Email of the Week – 024

Email of the Week – 023

PTT...
photo credit: Mzelle Biscotte

QUESTION

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?

ANSWER

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

Rick Answers His Email – Episode 071

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

Rick Answers His Email – Videocast 069

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

Rick Answers his Email Videocast – 067

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

Rick Answers his Email Videocast – 066

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