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Mossberg’s Mailbox Columns Tagged ‘Explorer’

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Reporting Digital Map Errors

Walt Mossberg answers questions about reporting errors on digital maps, “virtual private networks” on Amtrak trains and saving Internet Explorer favorites.

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PC Options Without Preinstalled Software

Walt Mossberg answers questions about ordering a Windows PC without any extra software preinstalled, the co-existence of Internet Explorer and Firefox 3.0 and transferring emails between two Windows machines.

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Moving Photos off a Cellphone

Walt Mossberg answers questions about transferring photos from a cellphone to a computer, avoiding identity theft and Vista security features.

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Surfing the Web on a Television Set

Walt answers questions about surfing the Internet on a television set, the security of Apple’s Safari Web browser for Windows computers, and the cost of AT&T’s wireless service for laptops.

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Moving a 25 GB File From a Mac to a PC

Walt answers readers’ questions about moving a 25 gigabyte file from a Mac to a PC, switching the iPhone to horizontal mode, and enlarging font size.

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Why Don’t You Recommend Linux?

Walt answers questions about alphabetizing your favorites in Explorer, using Linux as an operating system, and whether Dell is offering Windows XP as an alternative to Vista.

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Should You Wait to Buy a Mac?

Walt answers questions about deciding when to buy a Mac after the delay of the Leopard operating system, removing old versions of iPod software and alphabetizing your favorites in Explorer.

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Handling Photos in Microsoft Word

Walt answers questions about using Microsoft Word to handle photos and page layouts, deleting favorites in Internet Explorer and running Windows Vista on a Mac.

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Turning Off Tabbed Browsing

This week, Walt answers questions about disabling tabbed browsing in the new Internet Explorer, ripping DVDs into iTunes and transferring contacts from one computer to another in Outlook and Outlook Express.

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Microsoft Access and Macintosh

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Microsoft Access and Macs, the toolbar in the new Internet Explorer and the latest version of Windows XP.

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Apple’s Boot Camp program for running Windows on a Mac is a beta. Any idea when a final version will be out? And will Boot Camp allow Macs to run the new Vista version of Windows?
Boot Camp may never be final, because Apple plans to roll its functionality into the forthcoming new version of its [...]

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Transferring Your Web ‘Favorites’

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about transferring “Favorites” from your laptop to your desktop and converting copy-protected WMA files to play on an iPod.

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IPod Workarounds

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about performing iPod tasks without extra software, viruses and spyware for Macs with Intel processors and using multiple firewalls.

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