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Query: I have a win7 system with three monitors. If I upgrade to Win10, can I replace one monitor with a touch screen, and leave two others non-touch?? I don’t know if that would work. Thanks.

“rather, the most certain way to judge the effectiveness of security features in software is to let a bunch of software engineers poke through the code.” But how do I know the software hasn’t been poked at by a bunch of hackers from China or Romania??

Last fall I was getting these calls almost daily for several weeks. A strong Indian accented guy told me that he was from Microsoft, that he had evidence that there were serious infections on my computer and I should give him control of my computer. Right. I hung up immediately after a few choice curses (I probably improved the guy’s slang). Then, fortunately, it stopped. Fortunately, too, it was always I, not my wife, who answered the phone. Well, she’s no fool, but she’s not a tech savvy as one might hope. I’m glad to hear the MS is taking these people on. Scum indeed.

I appreciate the info in the current item about what businesses need to do to protect customer data. But it seems to me that you neglected to mention one company that seems to me particularly culpable. A year ago Adobe had some 40 million customer’s credit card and other account data stolen. One might imagine that Adobe, a major software company, could have a functioning staff of people protecting that information.

I have read a lot about the Target scam, and understand that they were not using the most effective preventive software. That is probably understandable, if not acceptable, for a big merchandiser. I have, however, read very little about the other really big theft from Adobe. At least 20 million card numbers stolen (including mine). One might imagine that a big software tech company — pdf, Acrobat, Photoshop, etc. — might at least be up to date on its security software!!! Target has taken its lumps; Adobe has been largely ignored. Why?