Jim Coates

Q-Sorry for another dumb AOL question, but my 16-year-old son has configured the "Goodbye," "You've got mail," etc., .wav sound files into some kind of scary techno-sounding noise. I wasn't...

Q--Once Windows loads, I always get a small Compression Agent window. How can I get rid of it? Or should I use the Compression Agent? I've been hesitant because none...

Not since Bill Gates set dating back a decade by posing bare-chested for the June 1996 Wired magazine cover has there been a high-tech coverboy to match Linus Torvalds, the...

Q--My friends are complaining of the long headers on the E-mail that I forward on to them. Is there a simple, easy method of eliminating them so I can keep...

You must read this book: "The Inmates are Running the Asylum" ($25, 261 pages, Sams Publishing). It's an Information Age muck raker about sloppy programming by software interface expert Alan...

Q. America Online has added Spellcheck to its 4.0 e-mail feature. I despise Spellcheck. How do I get rid of it? When I tried to send this e-mail to you...

All it takes to ride a roller coaster is a ticket and a bit of nerve. But ah, to build a roller coaster, now that takes a lot more. Where...

Q--Can you help with a problem with Word 97? When I first installed the program in January it did everything I asked it to do, including applying headers and footers....

Q--We were just informed that we need to write our employee manual in Spanish because 90 percent of our workers speak that language. My husband and I are the owners...

Q--Being a somewhat meticulous person, I often go back over an e-mail to correct spelling or grammar. Sometimes I change a phrase. Not always--but enough times to drive me crazy--AOL...