I’m having problems with my com ports (specifically, the port that my modem is attached to) in Windows 98. Pretty much to the second, the machine goes into a hard lock 5 minutes after a successful connect. I have no problems connecting under other OSs, such as GNU/Linux, *BSD, QNX, and emulated DOS mode in Windows. Could you please advise me on what would be the problem. Thanks. (more…)

I would appreciate your advice about the following 2 problems I’ve encountered recently:
(1) A file downloaded from the internet to disk/desktop turns up in Wordpad in computer language. How can I change this into plain English?
(2) An annoying error message, every time I want to use the printer ,has suddenly decided to appear: “Canon BJC-210 - Internal Error: Colour adjustment methods will not be available.” I’m using Windows 95 and my current ISP is AOL. Any help you can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks. (more…)

Please advise me what the best way to back-up my email. I am on Windows 98 and use Outlook Express version 4.72. I would like to back-up my email. I know I can export from Outlook Express but I would like to be able to copy the required files out to a zip drive and then restore them into Outlook Express if necessary. Can I do this using the export method? I also notice that the system stores my mail in the following folder. C:WINDOWSApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook ExpressMail. Can I simply back these folders up and then restore them if need be - will Outlook Express read whatever is there or is there some sort of control file that would reject old data? Thank you. (more…)

Is there any way that I can avoid wasting ink on the dense headings when printing out Hotmail messages? It’s really only the messages that are worth the rather expensive ink, not the headings, so it would be good to be able to avoid them. Any tips? (more…)

Could you please, tell me how can I print all the Tip of the Day from Outlook Express on A4 size paper and font 12. Also please, tell me how can I sign my messages digitally. My operating system is Windows 98. (more…)