A Hard Drive Warning From an Old Computer
Walt answers questions about computer hard drive failure, running virtual machines on a Macintosh, and diagnosing slow startup times.
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Determining When to Buy a New PC
Walt answers questions about security software for Windows, determining when to purchase a new PC, and more.
Picking a Laptop With Vista Business
Walt answers questions about choosing between Windows Vista Business and Home Premium for a laptop.
Moving Music to a BlackBerry
Walt answers questions about transferring music to a BlackBerry Pearl, using an external hard drive with Leopard’s Boot Camp and removing unwanted software.
Monitoring Kids’ Web Access
Walt answers questions about monitoring children’s Web access, switching Outlook content to a Mac and using the new Microsoft Office for Mac on non-Intel Macs.
Choosing Sides in the DVD War
Walt Mossberg answers questions about Blu-Ray versus HD DVD formats, Internet access on the MacBook Air, and the Tablet PC version of Windows.
Exporting Information From AOL
Walt Mossberg answers questions about exporting favorites and other information from an AOL account, uninstalling “craplets” from PCs, and more.
Uninstalling Leopard on a Mac
Walt Mossberg answers questions about downgrading from Leopard to Tiger on a Mac, finding “easy listening” music on iTunes and why new slim laptops don’t have FireWire ports.
Deciding Which Media Applications to Keep
Walt Mossberg answers questions about preinstalled media players, backing up a hard disk running on Parallels and more.
When to Stay With Windows
Walt Mossberg answers questions about staying with Windows, free AOL email and transferring music in iTunes to a new computer.
Potential Vista Compatibility Issues
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.
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.
Getting a New Windows Computer With XP
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.
Buying a PC With an AMD Processor
Walt answers questions about software-compatibility issues for AMD processors, importing bookmarks and backup drives for Windows PCs.
Transferring a Windows Media Music File to iTunes
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 [...]
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