Ascomp Synchredible Pro Ascomp has generously offered Dave’s Computer Tips five licenses to some of our lucky readers. Ascomp Synchredible will help you synchronize files and folders across your many drives. These licenses are for the Professional Edition and are currently valued at $25.00 each. The Pro version may be used in commercial settings and […]
When Things Go Wrong… …they generally go very wrong and when the cause of a website crash isn’t immediately apparent, putting things right can be a challenging exercise. The above image is what confronted me following an aborted forum software upgrade last week, indicating that the flux capacitors had blown somewhere along the line and […]
On April 1st this year, US-based security company CloudFlare announced its new privacy-focused DNS service. For the uninitiated, CloudFlare has been involved in Internet security for quite some time and has risen to prominence mainly on the back of its DDoS mitigation service. In simple terms, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks occur when multiple […]
Limit Your Facebook Exposure In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica affair, many Facebook users are re-examining their privacy options, many don’t care and most of us haven’t a clue how to tweak the many settings in our Facebook accounts. It’s also fair so say that changing your Facebook settings now may be a case […]
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! Ascomp Synchredible Ascomp has generously offered our Daves Computer Tips […]
It’s entirely possible that Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has taken a leaf from Napoleon’s crib sheet in the oft quoted, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” It seemed like that to me anyway as members of congress quite willingly exposed their tech ignorance as Zuckerberg appeared to look on in bemused […]
Range Names Named ranges can be great when you are writing formulas. Suppose if you assign the name WidgetPrice to cell A5, you can then use that name, WidgetPrice, in your formulas instead of A5. This will make your formula (and its purpose) easier to understand when you are working with them on a later […]
So, you thought the Facebook scandal regarding Cambridge Analytica scraping tens of millions of users’ data was bad enough. Now, respected investigative journalist Brian Krebs has recently revealed that Facebook has been hosting more than 100 cybercriminal/scammer groups with members numbering in the hundreds of thousands: Hours after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity, Facebook last week deleted almost […]
Windows 10 Edition, Version, Build We should all understand by now that Windows 10 is the last version of Windows. When all the previous versions, up to and including Windows 7, have all lost Microsoft support, maybe we can merely call it Windows, without any numbers attached to it. Life will be much simpler that […]
In my last article, How To Disable Google Maps Tracking On Android, I mentioned you could clear your Map location history on Google maps, but in that article we didn’t cover it, so I’m going to show you how you can do that now. Why should we bother, since we have already turned off location […]
A system running like molasses is one of the most common complaints among my clientele and, in most cases, one of the easiest to fix. There can be multiple reasons why a system is running slow, including anything from malware infections to a lack of regular maintenance, and the following steps constitute the process I […]
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! Winners Announced! Steganos Password Manager 19 Steganos has kindly offered […]