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Installing Windows Media Center

This week, Walt answers questions about installing Windows Media Center, opening files in Safari and transferring 8mm film to DVD.

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The Basics of Boot Camp

This week, Walt answers questions about Apple’s new software, Boot Camp, that allows users to run Windows on a Mac.

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Moving iTunes Files To a New Computer

Walt answers questions about moving iTunes files to a new computer, file-compressing programs and security software.

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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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Is There a Virus Threat for Macs?

This week Walt Mossberg answers a question about viruses and security software for Macs.

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Finding the Speakerphone on a Treo

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about using the speakerphone on a Treo, making a BCC address line appear in email and running the Parallels Desktop on a Mac.

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Switching to Web-based Email

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about switching to a Web-based email service, viewing PDF files on Macs and antivirus programs that support Windows ME.

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File Systems and GreenBorder Pro

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about using GreenBorder Pro, adopting a two-computer strategy to deal with security issues and un-installing Windows on a Mac.

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Keeping Computers in Sync

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about keeping multiple computers in sync, waiting for Microsoft Vista and installing multiple security programs.

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Watching Webcasts on a Mac

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, [...]

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Waiting for OS X Leopard

Walt answers questions about waiting for the new Mac OS, using an iPod with an old version of Windows and getting broadband in rural areas.

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Blocking Spyware Before It’s Installed

Walt answers questions about antispyware software, Powerline adapters and the Mac mouse button.

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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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Running Vista on a Mac

Walt Mossberg answers questions about running Windows Vista on a Mac, finding an alternative to Quicken and choosing an iPod to use when exercising.

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Microsoft Programs and the iPhone

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, [...]

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