Microsoft’s relentless push to meet its proclaimed goal of more than 1 billion devices running Windows 10 continues unabated. Microsoft’s approach has actually been helpful for users who might want to upgrade but, for those who do not want to upgrade, the incessant notifications and …
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Hey, we all love free stuff – am I right – and DCT has been known to post the occasional software giveaway for our readers often with good response. Unfortunately we’ve been reluctant to post too many for fear of cluttering up the newsletter or …
More articles in this series: Part 1: Resource Monitor Part 3: Widows Firewall With Advanced Security This is the second part of a series on Administrative Tools. Event Viewer has been around for quite some time. It has helped me understand several instances of computer …
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A guy brought me his Windows 7 laptop because it was displaying a message claiming that the Windows version was not genuine. It was the original version that came installed on the laptop. So I figured it would just be a matter of clicking on …
This has nothing to do with computers or technology but it is so bizarre, I just had to share. FIFA, world football’s governing body which has been ruled for 17 years by an iron-fisted Sepp Blatter, is about to elect a new president. The organization …
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Entropy: the randomness and unpredictability of data The consensus among security experts today is that strong passwords rely on high entropy and length, the more random and longer a password is, the harder it will be to crack. I’ve just been reading about a lass …
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You can easily put more text into a cell than will display properly and while you can widen your column to make the text fit, there are some instances where this might not be advisable. Instead, you can wrap your text within the cell such …
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With the latest Firefox build (42), due for release on 3rd November, Mozilla is taking a significant step in the battle against intrusive advertisers by adding a Tracking Protection option to its Private Browsing mode. For years Mozilla has tried to get the advertising industry …
We have all seen these flying marvels either in the air or on the news? Drones have became the new big thing to own nowadays. Plus they have grabbed a lot of media attention for the way in which some businesses and civilians are using them. With …
The first time I came across this issue was when a guy called me because, after re-installing WinXP on his computer, he kept receiving the following error message when trying to get online: the security certificate has expired or is not yet valid. Tried updating …
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I was asked the other day if I thought Facebook or Pinterest or any of the other Social Media venues would be around 10 years from now. Funny, I do not own a crystal ball, like how would I know? I do have a Ouija …
“Telemetry is an automated communications process by which measurements are made and other data collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring” ~ Wikipedia A lot has been written about privacy issues in Windows 10, which, to some extent, have …
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I had to recently uninstall the Ask toolbar from a Chrome browser but I didn’t have the option to uninstall it or even to disable it. Way to go Google! When I tried to uninstall or disable it I would get the message This extension …
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Here’s another Halloween giveaway, this time from Digiarty, and with a twist. WinX DVD Copy Pro (v3.6.5) is currently available to everyone for free… offer expires 6th November. WinX DVD Copy Pro – The Software Full DVD Copy with 1:1 Ratio: Clone DVD to DVD …
