Walt answers questions about creating files with the latest version of Microsoft Office that users of older versions can use, moving Outlook contacts to a Macintosh program, and reinstalling Windows XP.
Walt answers questions about running Windows on a Mac, sending email to a group without showing individual addresses, and regaining the traditional interface items in the redesigned Microsoft Office 2007.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about downloading pictures from a digital camera wirelessly, dealing with corrupted files when using automatic backups and connecting your computers to a home-theater system.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about transferring files between an old and new laptop, protecting against Windows viruses on a Mac, and installing updates to Vista.
Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about how to get a new Windows computer with the XP operating system, small portable radios, and the functions of MailBug.
Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability.
Is there a way to transfer a Windows Media music file to iTunes?
If the Windows Media file is copy-protected, typically because you bought it from an online store [...]
Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability.
Do you still recommend the Dell XPS One all-in-one computer that you favorably reviewed last December? I am not a techie at all but need to replace my 5-year-old [...]
Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability.
I have a laptop that I use primarily to play music. Is there any way to disable its connection to a wireless network?
Sure, but exactly how you do [...]
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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