Dot Whiting called to ask if there is a way to arrange photos in a particular order inside a folder. Others have noticed that icons on their Desktops can be arranged any order they want, and asked how to do this inside various folders. For instance, one reader wrote, "I dragged 200 pictures into a folder in a particular sequence. But the next time I opened the folder they had all been rearranged in alphabetical order. How can I make them stay in the order in which I inserted them?"

George Penner asked how to put music into his Outlook Express emails so recipients will hear it upon opening the message. Others have asked how to insert clipart into their messages...

After55 Media Group is the leader in online digital publishing for Senior Media Publications and Senior Service Providers including developing a website designed exclusively for the mature reader. The website, After55.com, hosts paper publications which have been converted into flip page digital publications. Traditional print media such as magazines, senior resource guides, brochures, newsletters, books and booklets, catalogs, white papers and other documents are converted into online digital publications and then made available for reading to baby boomers, their families and seniors.

A computer fundamental is that everything on your hard drive is either a file or a folder. Folders are normally indicated by icons resembling a yellow manila folder. Files are everything else, including photos, MP3s, documents, and executable files of various kinds.

Larry Patten wrote that his Taskbar had moved to the top of his screen and asked how to return it to the bottom. Well, position-shifting Taskbars have been a Windows problem since version 95. However, there's an easy fix. Place your mouse pointer in the approximate center of the Taskbar and jerk it to the bottom of your screen.

A scam currently going around is an email that purports to be from the IRS

A WinXP user called to say she thought she had deleted all her digital photos and asked if I could help recover them

First search engine to stop recording privacy details

Here's an excerpt of a reader who recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista: "My computer crawls and programs don't respond. My life is a nightmare. I am willing to give up my investment in this upgrade and go back to the safe and responding days of XP."

Back when writing was done with pen or pencil, or even with a typewriter, producing a memoir could be a formidable task. Today's word processing technology makes writing a story wonderfully easy.

You've made the decision to dust off the computer your children gave you and are determined to learn how to use it. Here are a few tips to make the learning curve a little less steep.

Backing up the hard drive on your home computer is like flossing your teeth--everyone knows it should be done but few people do so regularly.