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  • Oct 15, 2008, 05:41 AM
    jammy23
    Searching for computer experts
    I've had four people at AOL try and help me and the advice did not work. I am
    Lost in the technology... I have the phone number of the geek squad but they
    Too expensive for me... are there any other services in New York (Brooklyn)
    Or is using Craigslist a good idea to find someone??
  • Oct 15, 2008, 05:45 AM
    NeedKarma
    To be brutally honest I would get off AOL. It's a dying animal without many left to help you out since very few people use it.
  • Oct 15, 2008, 05:49 AM
    jammy23
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    To be brutally honest I would get off AOL. It's a dying animal without many left to help you out since very few people use it.

    As I said... I'm computer challenged when it comes to fixing things and I'm so use to AOL
    That I will go down with the ship should the time come. I'm a senior and change no
    Longer comes easy to me. But thanks for your reply
  • Oct 15, 2008, 05:59 AM
    Curlyben
    What's the issue and we might be able to assist, after all we have a lot of knowledgeable people here ?
  • Oct 15, 2008, 07:08 AM
    jammy23
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Curlyben View Post
    What's the issue and we might be able to assist, after all we have alot of knowledgeable people here ?

    It's sill, the things that go wrong but for one, on my email, I can no longer use my
    "stationary" and I can no longer print emails in colors, only black... and my toolbar
    Arrows go into the background so I can't use the toolbar or add to it... then for some
    Unknow reason it becomes all right again but it has everything in duplicate. When I
    Delete the duplicates, the arrows disappear.. weird. My print is lighter then it use to
    Be and everything has to be on bold. It' s not my printer. I have new ink in it.
    See.. silly questions... I followed two pages of instructions for the tool bar and had
    To delete all "toolbar lst" whatever that means... lots of instructions and it didn't
    Work. I had to take many steps for the other problems, but nothing worked including
    Downloading 9.1 again.
  • Oct 15, 2008, 07:12 AM
    ScottGem

    Contact your local Senior center. I think you PC needs to be looked at and scanned for malware. Many senior centers are becoming very supportive of seniors using the Net.
  • Oct 15, 2008, 07:14 AM
    Curlyben
    I was about to say the same thing.
    Sounds like some serious maintenance is in order.
    There's some great info here: https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/comput...rs-233870.html
  • Oct 15, 2008, 07:14 AM
    jammy23
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ScottGem View Post
    Contact your local Senior center. I think you PC needs to be looked at and scanned for malware. Many senior centers are becoming very supportive of seniors using the Net.

    Thank you Scott. I never thought of that and there's a center near me.
  • Oct 15, 2008, 07:34 AM
    vingogly

    Also, a lot of park districts and community colleges have free computer courses for seniors - I'd also check with them. By the way, I think being change-averse has little to do with age. I'm 62 years old and am constantly learning new things, plan to continue doing so until they haul my cold carcass away. :) I think anyone can learn new things if they're motivated to do so, regardless of chronological age!

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