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Diagnostic utility causing problems instead
Q. I downloaded Road Runner Medic and installed it on my machine. Then, for no apparent reason in My Computer, the drive icon for C: has become a Microsoft flag icon. When I left double-click on the icon, it brings up the Road Runner Medic Installation Program.

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Postings
Organizing computer folders and files will be discussed by Dave Dockery of the Tampa Bay Computer Society at today's meeting of the the Palm Harbor Computer Users Group. It starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. For information, call the library at (727) 784-3332 or e-mail Doc@SynergyPublishing.com.

Microsoft marketing onslaught begins
MIAMI BEACH -- Brace yourself: It's already beginning to look like a Microsoft Christmas.  


 

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