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Opening e-mailed attachments that refuse to open

Q: I find your Windows For Dummies book very helpful, but it doesn’t show me how to open an e-mailed attachment that gives me this error message when I try to open it: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. […]

Uninstalling Windows Messenger in Windows XP

Some folks love instant messaging programs like Windows Messenger. They love to be interrupted, and they like to bug their friends. Other folks hate messaging programs, and they loathe seeing Windows Messenger slurping up memory as its dastardly little icon rests next to their computer’s system clock. Unlike most Windows XP accessories, Microsoft made Windows Messenger […]