Q: I have a desktop PC in Windows XP Professional. I bought a laptop with Windows Vista. Can both computers use my same wireless router to connect to the Internet? A: Yes, you can use the same wireless router with both your old desktop PC and your new Acer laptop. Routers don’t care what operating […]

Q: I’m donating my old PC to charity. How can I wipe off all my old data, including any credit card numbers, tax information and household budgets? A: Deleting everything on your hard drive, or reformatting your hard drive doesn’t truly eliminate its information. Many data recovery specialists can still recover the files, a fact […]

The differences between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, and how they affect your software and hardware.

Q: I have a Hewlett Packard Photosmart 7350 printer that worked just fine with my old computer. However, it’s obviously not compatible with Vista. (I tried the old CD but it wouldn’t work.) Do you know of any way (or any company) that could help me salvage this printer so it works with my Windows Vista laptop? Hewlett […]

Q: This box keeps popping up on my screen that says ‘Luminance’ with some symbols inside the box. After about a second, it goes off and another box pops up with ‘Brightness’ and ‘Contrast’ with a percentage bar in blue under each. Then it goes off. Five minutes later it starts all over again. It’s […]