Winners Announced! WinOptimizer 16 Ashampoo is the gift that keeps on giving! This time around they have given our readers a chance to win a copy of their latest WinOptimizer 16 version. We have five licenses to give away in this contest. Each license is normally valued at $39.99 (US), but you can get a […]
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! EaseUS Anniversary 14 Campaign Enter the contest to help yourself, […]
OXPS And XPS Many of you might already know that when exporting a document in Windows you can often choose to save the file as a PDF or XPS file. Also, when saving online documents, they might automatically save in one of those two formats. Personally, I seldom save documents in anything other than in […]
Center A Paragraph Shortcut Most folks I know use the Center tool in the Paragraph group on the Home tab of their Ribbon to center their paragraph. While this is quick and easy enough, I am one of those people who do not like to move my hands from the keyboard to the mouse to accomplish […]
Windows 10 Dictation What I intended: One of the things I do a lot of is type. I spend many hours a day pounding the keyboard. What Windows heard: One of the things I do a lot of is tight. I spent many hours engaged calling when its key word. What I intended: So, I […]
Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday is on the horizon. This used to be an exciting time as we looked forward to possible new features, security enhancements, and maybe even a few bug fixes. Not so anymore, I’m afraid. Now the event is filled with trepidation; we fearfully expect the patches to be buggy and to break […]
I recently bought my nephew’s desktop computer with the following specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz Mainboard Model: ASUS P8H67-M PRO BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. version 1104 AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Build 17134) A couple days ago I turned it on and it gave a CPU fan error. […]
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! EaseUS Anniversary 14 Campaign Enter the contest to help yourself, […]
That is right parents, it is our favorite time of year, “BACK TO SCHOOL.” The beginning of summer is all fun and games but by now it is time to give them back. What better way to celebrate this event than by giving those offspring some cool tech they can take into the new year? […]
A guy brought me his Windows 10 tablet. His Camera App had stopped working, but the fix was simple enough. This might work with other non-working Apps, as well. Fix Camera App Not Working Click on the Start button and then the Settings symbol: Then, in the Windows Settings window, click on the Apps section: […]
Summary Information Word keeps a summary of information for your documents. You can use this summary information, or you can ignore it. Some of the summary information is automatically stored for you, while other parts will need to be entered manually. One of the pieces of information maintained is the author of a document. This […]
Windows will automatically download various types of updates. We all know that, but did you know it will also automatically download drivers and custom icons for your peripherals? On the surface this seems like a good idea, but of course, there is a problem with this clever scheme. The drivers that Windows uses are in […]
Driver Store Microsoft introduced the Driver Store in Windows Vista. The Driver Store is a collection of trusted driver packages stored on your local drive. Each time you install a driver, the whole driver package gets copied to the Driver store. At this point, Windows verifies the driver’s integrity. This is done before the driver […]