Ever dragged yourself into bed after a particularly disastrous day, wishing you could wake up the next morning and find everything back to normal? Although things usually remain the same when we wake up, that doesn’t have to be the case with Windows and its built-in System Restore feature. System Restore (built into Windows Me, […]

Q: I recently purchased a Dell XPS420 with Vista. How do I get the desktop icons to a small size? Dell told me the current size is the smallest I can have with my graphics card. But my old laptop that runs with Windows XP is four years old and has a much cheaper graphics card, yet […]

Q: My friend has lost his “All Programs” button on his Start menu. How can we reactivate it? We tried going to oldest “System Restore” point, but that didn’t work. Since he didn’t have desktop icons for those programs, he’s running on borrowed time. Can you help us? A: This sounds suspiciously like your friend accidentally […]

Q: I keep reading that Microsoft is planning to phase out support of Windows XP later this year. Sad to say my computer is old, and it will need just about everything upgraded to run the most basic version of Vista. The upgrades would cost me more than a new PC with Vista installed. So, when […]

Q: I accidentally deleted my Recycle Bin icon in Windows Vista. How do I get it back? I don’t want to do a System Restore, and it’s a brand new computer. A: Like Windows XP, Windows Vista lets you customize your Desktop, including the icons living on its turf. If your Recycle Bin is missing, then […]