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Hello Bluesman, It took me some time to get acquainted with the old DOS commands, but in the end it worked just fine. Thanks a lot. Cheers:thumb: Flores

Removing the Read-Only attribute from an Excel 2010 spreadsheet? Hello folks, Have all a nice Sunday. Yes, how do I remove the "Read-Only" attribute from an Excel 2010 spreadsheet?:huh: OS Win8.1 PRO 64bits. Thanks for any clue. Cheers, Flores

Hello, Why is that my command (as an administrator) "sfc/scannow" is not working as it should? When run, it opens and closes immediately a black DOS window, and nothing happens. My OS is Win8.1 PRO (64bits) I welcome any help that can be given to me. Regards, Flores

Hello Strollin, My God: that simple. Thanks a lot. Flores

Hi Guys, I miss the lower right side buttom on Win7 that took you right to the workspace window. On Win8.1, when we look for the Workspace, the Charms Bar covers it most of the time. Are there any such similar replacement buttons for Win8.1? Any help is welcome. Regards, Flores

Hello DeaconFrost, I will give up this problem for awhile. Im retired, and my house is full to the brim, with my wife, 2 grandsons (4 and 5y old), my 2 daughters and husbands. Besides, with a temperature like that of Orlando in mid August. Quite impossible to have a moment of my own. I will...

Hello KIHI, Please refer to my answer to DeaconFrost (above). Thanks a lot. Flores

Hi DeaconFrost, My problem is that I have two programs on my HD (one is a bkup program named FileBack, which data is saved to an external HD, the other is Roboform, which saves passwords to a pen-drive). If their drive letters change, the programs can't find where to save their...

Hello CountMike, have not received an e-mail abou your post. Anyway what you wrote does make sense Thanks, Flores

Thanks, Nucci. Have nice and profitable 2015. Flores

First, that all of you reading this post have a very happy Christmas day, and leave your help for after Xmas. I was using Office 2010 on my system when I purchased an annual license to use Office 365. I removed Office 2010 using the Control Panel, and installed Office 365, which I did not like...

I use two notebooks. One running Win8.1 PRO (64bits), the other Win7 Home Premium (32bits). I also have an external HD, and three pen-drives I use with both notebooks, as needed. Some programs I use (a password manager, bkups, between many others) save data on these drives, and I need that the...

Hello whs, Good help, but using what you teached us (above) where and how I can change (Win8.1) the applications background (Excel, Word, Outlook, Windows Explorer, Notepad, and many others) from the annoying bright white to the yellow of the legal pads? Regards, Flores

David, I don't think that I will manage to have my Excel workshhets and my Word documents backgounds the pale yellow of the legal pads, but I will try hard. Regards, Flores

Hi David, Does Window Blind allows changing the applications background colors? Before Win8.1, I used Win7 and my application backgrouds where the yellow of the legal pads, instead of the horrible bright white that hurts my eyes. Cheers, Flores

Hy Berton, Why not? Thanks, once again. Regards, Flores

Hello Brink, To tell you the truth I'm not using my new DELL 64 bits machine as I lost my Office 64bits DVD when I moved from Rio de Janeiro. So I'm using my old DELL 32 bits system while trying to find my 64 bits Office DVD. I'll try the 8.1 Calendar as I get acquainted litle by little with...

Hello pparks1, You are right. Remind Me! is 16bit. Changing subject: You say I can use my 32bits Office software on my new 64 bit system? I lost my Office 64 bit DVD when I moved from my home town. Thanks and regards, Flores

Hi Miles, I will try all of them and eveen DosBox because RemindMe! is a 16bits Thanks a lot. Regards, Flores

The quite old and FREE reminder tool "Remind Me!", from PC-Magic Software Inc. (Home of PC-Magic Software: Magic Folders, CD-Lock, My Spelling Words and more) shows "Days to Event", "Event Date, "Lead Time", and "Code". - “Code” to which you can add several conditions for every new event "How...