Sound alerts can be turned off or changed
Q. When I move from one Web site to another, I get an annoying sound. I'd like to remove it but don't know how. I suppose that I should go...
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Google Apps, Office Live give small fry big upgrade
On Thursday, the Googlers launched their long-awaited attack on the Microsofties' 800-pound-gorilla dominance of the business software gold mine. You know, the software behind that monitor sitting on your desk...
Create icon to quickly hear Web radio station
Q. I really enjoy listening over the Internet to radio station KKJZ in Long Beach, Calif. I stream it through the Windows Media Player, where it is one of a...
Toshiba projection system shines light on standard
For Galahad, it was the Holy Grail. For Ahab, it was a great white whale named Moby Dick. For makers and sellers of technology gear, it's called the Sweet Point....
Media Player problem fixed with new version
Q. Recently, I received an update for the Windows Media Player, and now my player will not work. I receive the following error message: "To finish installing Windows Media Player,...
Pitches for Vista focus on vitality
Last week, Microsoft Corp. marketers and sales reps descended on Chicago to talk up the company's new product and boast about how the Vista operating system's huge "footprint" is about...
Single-handed surfing not too hard to grasp
Q. I have a problem with your recent praise for the new Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Web browser regarding handicap issues. For years I have used "right-click--open in new window"...
New look of Office 2007 a jolt, but a positive one
The Missus made the mistake the other day of asking what I was writing for this column. "Why, my dear, I'm reviewing Microsoft Office 2007, the new productivity suite that...
Try Run start to regain add/remove program
Q. I have acquired from my son the laptop he used during his last year of college and for a couple years after that. He did a lot of online...
Vista’s beauty lies in layers of organization, security
Microsoft Corp. says vast new Vistas of enjoyment and productivity await those of us who toil between the chair and the keyboard. On Tuesday, the world's largest software company will...