December 10, 2001

Computer or software for a gift? Tech chat, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
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[Online retailers are trying to figure out how to lure customers to their Web sites and get them to buy, then how to turn the sites profitable. Story
Times art:
Teresanne Cossetta] |
The secret to online customer service: Buy something
If you go to the home page for Amazon.com this holiday season, you can find a Harry Potter Levitating Challenge Game, a Samsung Yepp Hip-Hop 32MB Digital Audio Player and the latest pick from Oprah's book club.
Solutions: Changing the owner's name in Windows 98
Q. When we installed Windows 98 on our office computer, the secretary typed in her name and our company name as the owner. Now she is gone and we would like to remove her name from popping up on this computer all the time. Is there any way to do this?
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TimesChat with Dave Gussow and John Torro
Discuss computers and the Internet with Times personal technology editor Dave Gussow and Solutions columnist John Torro in an online chat at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Go to www.tampabay.com/chat. If you can't be there for the live event, you can go to the Web site to submit questions in advance. A transcript of the chat will be available online after 4 p.m. Thursday.