Jim Coates

Q--I recently bought a copy of Netscape Communicator 4.7. It consisted of an installation CD and an instruction booklet. I'd like to be able to do the same for the...

Q--I used to like to write my own programs on MS-DOS-based computers using the QBasic programming language built into the operating system. I did this for the challenge rather than...

Q--I must have about 50 letters in Microsoft Word that I can't delete. Every time I try to clean up my file I get a red circle with an X...

Q--I look forward to reading your column every Monday. Now I finally have a problem on which I can ask for your opinion. I have a friend who is sending...

Q--An author came to our publishing house with a novel written on an Atari disk and I would like to know how I go about transferring the disk to a...

Q--My problem involves moving some 7-year-old word processing files from my old computer to my brand new HP Pavilion 6630, which was a replacement for my old IBM. I was...

Q--I just read your answer on the fax program formerly included in Windows 95 but not installed along with Windows 98. You should have also told your reader, Mr. Schroeder,...

One can only wonder at how people this smart could be so dumb. Super-connected Ceiva Logic Inc. plasters its own logo over an otherwise wonderful new gadget--an Internet-enabled picture frame...

Q--I have several thousand slides and pictures that I would like to scan in and save on CDs so that they can be shared with relatives. What would be the...

Q--Quite some time ago, you recommended a relatively inexpensive product that would take a single frame from a camcorder recording and enable you to send that frame in e-mails to...