An Easier Way to Repartition
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about laptops sans parallel and serial ports, repartitioning hard disks and expanding storage capacity.
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A Solution for Awkward Keyboards
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about what to do when you’re uncomfortable with a laptop’s keyboard, battery life for digital cameras, Internet options for rural areas and compensation for product reviews.
Curing a Laptop’s Startup Ills
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about how to cure a laptop’s startup ills and wireless Internet access with a dial-up connection.
Keeping Laptop Screens Clean
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about cleaning laptop screens, security packages and converting Quicken data from a PC to a Mac.
Using Your Cellphone as a Modem
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about the possibility of a G5 Powerbook, downloading extensions for Firefox and using Sprint’s Treo as a modem.
Sorting Paragraphs Alphabetically in Word
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about sorting paragraphs alphabetically in Word, whether some viruses are a “necessary evil” and using laptops to organize and edit digital photographs.
Dealing With Attachment Issues
Walt Mossberg answers questions about troublesome email attachments and finding a hand-held mobile product that doesn’t include a cellphone.
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.
Mixing Macs and PCs On Wireless Networks
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about mixing Macs and Windows computers on the same wireless network, setting up video-conferencing and switching email addresses.
Converting Videos To Play on an iPod
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about converting videos to play on a video iPod, opening multiple Web sites with a single click and power adaptors for using a laptop overseas.
Video Players Compatible With iTunes
Walt answers questions on speech-recognition software for Macs, whether Windows Media Player will play video files from iTunes, and if Vista is worth the wait.
Windows Software for Business, Pleasure
There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help.
Here are a few questions about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, [...]
How to Wipe a Hard Drive Clean
Walt Mossberg answers questions about “file wiper” programs that permanently erase a hard drive, staying safe at public wireless hot spots and sorting USB cables.
Recovering Deleted Desktop Icons
Walt Mossberg answers questions about recovering deleted icons, clearing search histories and the difference between laptop processors.
Using Cellphones as Modems
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about using cellphones as modems for laptops, storing personal files from office computers and buying an ultralight laptop.
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