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, [...]
This week, Walt answers questions about DOS in Windows Vista, antispyware programs for Vista and the compatibility of the new Microsoft Office with older versions.
Walt answers questions about Windows Vista for business, the Mac operating system and running an old version of Microsoft Office with the new version of Windows.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about different aspects of Microsoft Office 2007, including Access, new Excel capabilities and the Mac version of Office.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about keeping multiple computers in sync, waiting for Microsoft Vista and installing multiple security programs.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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.
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.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about software firewalls, purchasing a computer with Windows Vista and using the Firefox browser and Thunderbird email.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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