For this Thanksgiving Holiday with the help of our friends at Ashampoo and Steganos, we were able to put together this 5-Pak Bundle for a giveaway contest. That’s five programs for one lucky winner! At the time of writing, these five licenses have a current on-sale value of around $140 (US). The following programs are […]
Imagine a time without cars. Just over a century ago, streets were meant for pedestrians just as much as they were for horses and carriages. There was no traffic, no parking lots. To get somewhere you’d walk, hop on a horse-drawn trolley, or take the train. It may seem like a romantic departure from our […]
I have read a number of articles about Windows 7 being unsupported come January 2020. Some seem to think that it will be the end of their dependable Windows 7 PC. Not true. There are plenty of XP and Vista and Windows 8 machines out there still being used. If you do not need to […]
Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Expired! Halloween 3-Pak Bundle! $150 Value! Winner Announced! This Halloween 3-Pak will […]
The season of shopping is here and I have all the best tech gadgets that everyone will want this Christmas. I haven’t done an article in a while about the tech that everyone should own, so I decided it was time to do one for this shopping season. This list is to help you find […]
In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT, a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme. An advertisement for Orcus […]
Field codes are useful placeholders for data that may change in your document. You can also use them to automate certain aspects of your document. Field codes are inserted for you when you use Word features like page numbers or table of contents, but you can insert field codes manually for other tasks such as […]
GoPro Copycat Or The Real Thing? Last year while on holiday in the UK I bought a couple of copycat action cameras (pictured above) in a local supermarket for £30 each, knowing that I’d probably bought a couple of pups. Indeed, when I mounted one on my bike and recorded a countryside ride in […]
Microsoft today released updates to plug security holes in its software, including patches to fix at least 74 weaknesses in various flavors of Windows and programs that run on top of it. The November updates include patches for a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that is currently being exploited in the wild, as well as […]
This is a paid program but not a paid-for review. It concerns a program called Audials One 2020. (Ed note: You have a chance to win a copy of this software by entering our contest at Halloween 3-Pak Giveaway Contest! $150 Value!) I like to call it a downloader on steroids. It has many built-in […]
When I clicked on a PDF link on a page, it downloaded, but now it opens in Opera first. This change came after an update. I want it to download. Here’s how to change it back. In the address or URL bar type: opera://settings/content/pdfDocuments and press enter. On the page that opens, turn on Download […]
Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Running Now! Halloween 3-Pak Bundle! $150 Value! This Halloween 3-Pak will contain […]