Columns published in 1997, 1998 and 1999 are also on the faq.asp site. Indexes ran on Dec. 30, 1999, and Dec. 31, 1998.

A  ACPI error message, April 27 Acrobat Reader won't read, Aug. 10 A-drive, computer tries to access, Jan. 27, June 1 Add-Remove list, editing, Nov. 9 Antivirus programs, why update, Feb. 3 AOL address book, copying to another computer, Aug. 24 AOL addresses and Favorites, print a list of, April 6 AOL e-mail, retrieving abroad, July 6 AOL, the disservice, Feb. 10 Applog and lgc files, July 6 Attachments, creating, April 20 Attune, July 27 Audio Cassette to CD [ On Computers ]	K Kernel32.dll error, May 18 Keyboard, using for commands, April 6
B Backing up to a floppy, June 29 Bad clusters, Dec. 10 Betas, the danger of, May 25 BIOS, working with, Aug. 3 Bookmarks, backing up, June 1 Boot record and antivirus programs, Sept. 28	L Labeling hard drives and diskettes, Aug. 31
C Cable modem, preparing for, Sept. 7 CD player, computer does not recognize, Dec. 14 Central processing unit (Cyrix), upgrading, Aug. 24 CD-R/RW, backing up to, Feb. 24 CD-RW, using, Sept. 7 Command interpreter missing message, Dec. 7 Computer, moving, June 22 Computer, goes to sleep mode unexpectedly, Jan. 27 Computer, turn off or leave on? May 11 Computer won't boot up, Nov. 9 Computer won't shut off properly, June 1 Cookies, a discussion, Oct. 19 CrashGuard, problems with, July 27 Critical updates, how to get them and how to stop them, Feb. 24 Critical updates, saving, Aug. 10 Cross-linked files, Oct. 12 Cursor, installing after downloading from Web, March 2	M Mac files, converting to PC format, Nov. 9 Mail icon in Internet Explorer does not work, May 4 Maintaining the computer, Dec. 24 Memory, definition and explanation of, May 25 MIME files and AOL, April 27 Modem, two-line, June 22 Modem, speeding up, Oct. 12 Motherboard, replacing, Dec. 10 Mouse, snap-to feature, Nov. 30 Mouse, using on laptop with internal pointer, May 18 Msconfig.exe explained, April 27 Msnp32.dll file, missing, Feb. 10
D Data, deleted from file, April 20 Data, moving from PC to PC, Jan. 20 Data, encrypting, Dec. 17 Ddhelp.exe error message, July 27 Defragmenting and cable modem, Jan. 20 Defragmenting, what it does, when to do it, May 4 Disconnecting from Internet automatically, Feb. 10 DLL Archive [get missing dll files here] Donating computers, precautions, Aug. 10 DOS programs, running in Windows Millennium Edition, Dec. 28 Drive, compressed, and error messages, Sept. 21 Drive, second, protecting from viruses, Dec. 7 Drivers, defined, Jan. 13 Drivers, replacing or updating, Sept. 14	N Networking home PCs, Oct. 26
E E-mail, HTML vs. text, May 11 Encryption, 128-bit vs. 40-bit, Oct. 26	O Online fraud, preventing, Jan. 6 Open With box, meaning of entries, July 13 Outlook Can't Locate Server error message, June 8 Outlook Express and PGP, incompatibility, Jan. 13 Outlook Express, printing from, April 13 Outlook Express, underlining in, Dec. 10 Outlook Express, saving folders to another drive, Dec. 31 Outlook Express, using Identities to keep mail private, March 23 Out of disk space, erroneous message, June 22
F Favorites, backing up, June 1 File associations, changing, March 9 File details, changing mode of displaying in a window, Jan. 6  File Manager, resuscitating in Windows 95/98, April 20; warning June 15 File missing message on bootup, April 13 File name extensions, meaning of, March 2 File, new one replaced with an older one by a program installation, June 29 Files32.vxd (PrettyPark virus) message, June 29 Files, arranging according to date in Explorer, April 20 Files, finding, Aug. 3 Files, moving from computer to computer, Oct. 5, Oct. 19 Files, moving from drive to drive, July 6 Files, moving from Mac to PC, Nov. 9 Files, renaming several at same time, Aug. 31 FindFast, Jan. 13 Floppy diskette reformatting, Jan. 27 Fonts, changing default in Windows (duplicate entry), May 25 Fonts, removing and saving, Nov. 16 Formatting drives, diskettes, Aug. 17 Frame-capable browsers, Nov. 30 Free long-distance Web sites, warning, March 30 Freezes, rebooting from, Nov. 9 Freezes, why they occur, Dec. 28	P Packard-Bell support, Nov. 16 Paintbrush, inability to view jpg and gif files, April 6 Palm, synchronizing on a network, April 6 Palm, moving text file from computer to, Oct. 26 Pentium 4, better than Pentium 3? Dec. 21 Phantom hard drives, Sept. 7 Phonejacking, preventing, Dec. 31 Power surges and modem, Aug. 24 Photos, printing, Jan. 6 Photos, too large for screen, Nov. 2, Nov. 16 Printer cartridges, OK to refill? Dec. 28 Printer Device Context Error message, Jan. 13 Program Menu, reorganizing, March 2, March 16 Programs, removing correctly, June 8 Programs, uninstalling and moving, June 15
G	Q QuickTime, uninstalling, Nov. 30
H Hackers, stopping, July 13 Hard drive, phantom, Sept. 7 Hard drive, reformatting, Aug. 17 Have disk option, March 2  History folder vs. Temporary Internet Files folder, March 30 Hoaxes (Bill 602P e-mail tax), July 27	R Registry, discussion of, June 15 Restore CDs, some solutions to problems, March 16 Reverting computer to earlier configuration, July 6 Resume, posting on Web, Dec. 28 Rundll.exe error message, Aug. 10
I Icons, removing from Desktop, Feb. 3 Icons, what they are, Jan. 6 Index.dat file, March 30 Inf files, March 30 Instant Messenger, using without AOL, Sept. 21 Internet appliances, Dec. 17 Internet, can't connect when line is on surge protector, Dec. 7 Internet Explorer, lost ability to cut and paste, July 13	S ScanDisk and cable modems, Jan. 20 ScanDisk and Defragment, which should run first? Dec. 31 Scanned documents, using in other programs, Jan. 20 Scanner-printer conflict, Oct. 19 Scanning multiple documents into one file, Nov. 22 Serial to USB conversion, Nov. 2 Shared memory explained, Nov. 23 Sound level in a webpage [ On Computers ] Spyware on PC, Aug. 3 Standby as a cause of problems, Aug. 17 Superdisks, Feb. 24 System Resources, defined, Sept. 28 System Tray, removing items from, Oct. 5
J	T Taped music, transferring to CD, Jan. 13 Task Scheduler, disabling, Dec. 14 Task Scheduler does not complete work, Oct. 19 Temp folder overloaded, July 20 Temp files deletion, automating, Aug. 10 Thumbnail previews don't work for JPEGs, June 8, June 29

 

U UI Skins, Feb. 3 Uninstaller programs, when to add to computer, May 4 Updates, safe to install? June 15 USB hub, adding, Jan. 20 Using System Configuration Utility message, Dec. 17	X
V Video card, installing, Nov. 30 Video settings, computer displays only 16-bit color, Oct. 5 Videos, converting to CD, Nov. 23 Vxd files, missing message on bootup, April 13	Y
W Webcam, how to set up, June 15 Web link, e-mailing in Prodigy, May 4 Web site, listing with search engines, Aug. 31 Web site, moving yours to another ISP, Dec. 21 Web site, printing cuts right margin, Dec. 21 Web window won't close, March 9, March 23 Windows 98 SE, updating to, March 9 Windows Millennium, worth getting? Sept. 14 Windows Millennium, varying versions, Sept. 21 Windows NT at home? July 20 Windows Protection Error message, Aug. 24 Windows updates, saving files on hard drive, Aug. 10 Winzip.exe missing, Nov. 2 Word, changing defaults, May 25	Z Zip drives vs. CD-RW, Nov. 16