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Searching Your Hard Disk

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about searching your hard disk, copying your Outlook Express address book and using the cookie-management features of a Web browser.

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Searching for the Best Web Mail

Walt answers questions about Yahoo’s new Web mail and switching from PC to Mac.

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Alternatives to Instant Messaging

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Finding a Photo-Organizing Program

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about switching between software provided by camera companies, Web-based tax-preparation software and scheduling antispyware sweeps.

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Recovering Deleted Desktop Icons

Walt Mossberg answers questions about recovering deleted icons, clearing search histories and the difference between laptop processors.

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Reviewing the Nokia 770

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about the Nokia 770, hard-drive storage and Jumbles programs for Windows Mobile.

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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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Cingular’s New Data Network

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Cingular data networks, the quality of Compaq laptops and options for connecting an iPod to home speakers.

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Choosing a Photo-Sharing Web Site

Walt Mossberg answers questions about selecting a photo-sharing Web site, syncing laptops and desktops and printing photos.

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Will Vista Be Ready for Prime Time?

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Microsoft Vista, family-tree Web sites and utilities that allow the use of Mac iPods on PCs.

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Accessing Financial Web Sites on a Public Connection

Walt answers questions about accessing financial sites on a nonsecure Internet connection, which cellphones with email capability to take abroad, and what to do when Web sites don’t work well in Safari.

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Is There a Tool to Help Send Large Files Over the Internet?

Walt answers questions about sending large files over the Internet, buying a combo PDA/cellphone, and sharing music on the same local area network.

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