Question: When I started my computer a few days ago, the desktop icons and text were smaller, as well as title bars, etc. in all applications. I have tried everything that is under “Control Panel,” “Display,” but nothing seems to work. Answer: This does sound like it is an issue with the Display properties in …
Author Archives: Juan Ruiz
Digital Junk Mail
When I was a kid, I ordered a gadget from the back of a magazine. Shortly after that, I began to receive “exclusive offers” from would-be mail order marketers. I was pretty excited to receive these letters in the mail. I thought it was cool. That is how I got my first credit card, and …
Trimming Excess Cells in Excel
Question: I use Excel for the church accounts. I have several worksheets for one workbook/file. On one of the worksheets there have somehow got over 14,000 rows below the area I actually use. I have tried to delete them by highlighting the unwanted rows and selecting delete rows to no avail. It makes it very …
The Amish Virus
You have just received the Amish virus. As the Amish don’t have any technology or programming experience, this virus works on the honor system. Please delete all the files from your hard drive and manually forward this virus to everyone on your mailing list. Thank you for your cooperation.
Volume Control Mystery
Question: The volume control that has always been on my task bar, no longer shows up when I turn on my computer. I have gone to sound device and it is checked to be it the task bar. I tried unchecking it, apply, the checking it again, the apply. It will show up then. But …