Recent content by puternoobie

For the past several months I have gotten returned email in my junk mail folder that I never sent out. I open the returned mail and find that my return email address has been shown on the original message. One time I tried to change what I thought was the password on the "return" box in...

I'm using the email program that came with W7 home and I don't like it much. I'm told some email programs dont work with W7. I have used the ones with XP and Vista and liked them better but don't remember the names. Searching the download sites isn't much help. Recommendations please? And why do...

Begin by typing "HTML for beginners" in Google and start reading. Some of it will be repetitious. Then download a free HTML editor and begin practicing. Try out what you're reading and see what you run into. This is no easy task; be prepared to spend a LOT of time learning. Or maybe your local...

I'm not sure this is the same thing but about six months ago I had a USB port that gave off the same message (USB port not recognized). It wasn't affecting anything so I ignored it and unplugged whatever I had plugged in that port. After a week or so I plugged the external disk back in and...

OK, it's now 2 weeks since I posted that first message. Thanks for all the input, although I didn't need to be told I "shoulda, woulda, coulda." I had that figured out myself. Things are much better now. I called the printer mfg. and got help with the yellow screen (it went away after being...

I'll keep that in mind spherrod. I'll wait for my Windows for Dummies book and see how far I get. Thanks.

Obviously I should have consulted with this group before depending on the Geek Squad. But I didn't. This is a small town and there aren't that many people I trust. I figured these guys were trained and paid to know what they were doing. Maybe that WAS a mistake. I've ordered a copy of...

That's encouraging, C1. Thanks for taking the time to answer. I've been working on this for a week and I expected more progress. But of course I had been using Vista for 3 years and it seemed normal to me.

I can't believe I fell for it. Everybody said Win7 was easy to use, the best thing since sliced bread. Now I'm in a mess. Am I going to have to spend MORE money to get a working computer? 1. Since my motherboard died and I didn't have a suitable backup, the Geek Squad at Best Buy "transferred"...

My HP Pavilion did the same thing and the Geek Squad at Best Buy checked it out. Said my motherboard was dead and it would cost almost as much to fix as a new computer. So I got one with Windows 7. Almost ready to go back to Vista. And I hated Vista.

Thanks to you guys who posted a reply to my thread. Now I must confess. I called a repairman and he found errors in my setup that the instruction book didn't cover. Now the dvd works fine. He also found a black line at the bottom of my screen, said to fix it would cost more than a new tv. It's...

I bought an LG BluRay DVD player and after hours and hours of frustration, found that one of the two HDMI ports on my LG plasma tv is dead. The other works fine and has been used for satellite reception. I could get the DVD hooked up but no picture or sound. Display window of dvd shows disc is...

I keep getting a message on my screen that a USB port has malfunctioned. A few minutes later there MIGHT be a message saying the malfunctioning USB port is now in operation -- or it might not. I click on the message and get a graphic showing the USB ports on my comptuer and that one of them is...

AHA! I found a cure for IE9! I just do the restore/recovery thing for a date before the IE9 was installed!

That's my feeling too Jeff7181. Lots of professionals inhabit these forums to see if they can help someone else. Or people with a particular expertise want to help others. Good for them, I say. Many of us are just beginning or have found themselves on a level where they need help. There is help...