The Older Geek

You may log on to your computer to see that your Windows sidebar calendar displays an orange block. What is up with that?! I had this problem on both my computers, a Windows 7 and a Vista machine. It’s a weird issue, but I isolated my problem to a bug with the latest Internet Explorer [...]

Ugh, Java. I recently had problems with javascript on one of my websites. Apparently, two different jquery files were interfering with each other and the plugins were canceling each other out. I still haven’t resolved the issue, even after getting some help from a web developer and searching for answers on the Internet. I had [...]

My blogging friend, Karen, recently asked me about a problem she’s had. Her computer was recently reformatted by a computer repair shop. They managed to reinstall her photos and documents and a few basic programs, but her beloved Kodak EasyShare software program was missing. Karen wants to know how to get it back. A reformat [...]

I addressed the dangers of browser popups in Internet Explorer and how to block them in my post “How to Prevent Popups in Internet Explorer.” You may have followed my advice and set the popup blocker to a high setting, blocking all poipups unless you manually override it or created a whitelist of allowed sites. [...]

A reader named Martin sent me in a question: Any ideas why opera browser suddenly will not allow bookmarks to be saved, and any idea how to correct this? Martin, it sounds like you have a corrupt opera6.adr file or a corrupt bookmarks.adr file (depends on your Opera version and if your Opera uses imported [...]

A few people have asked me a some questions about solving problems with the browser Mozilla Firefox. I think Firefox is a terrific browser: it’s safer than Internet Explorer; it’s faster; and it’s got innumerable options, themes, and addons available. However, when it has problems, it’s usually more complex than the basic Internet Explorer crash. [...]