My neighbor knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that… 2:30am!!! Luckily for him I was still up practicing with my Bagpipes. The Department of Labor claimed a small soybean farmer was not paying proper wages to his help, and so […]
A woman called and said she couldn’t get into her computer, which usually means, “I can’t get on Facebook,” but it turns out this issue was a bit more serious. She said she got one of those ads that pop up in the browser claiming
As I always say, you can never have too many shortcuts. I just love saving time and keystrokes! These are handy shortcuts one can use in Outlook Calendar. Follow the steps below to learn how: CTRL + N Creates an appointment in Calendar view and
Windows 10 and 11 are creating hundreds of empty folders in the System Profile folder with a .tmp extension. The creation of these empty folders was first discovered in Windows 10 some time ago and, apparently, the behavior has been carried over to Windows 11.
A new den In my last article in this series, A Day In The Life Of A PC Technician – Day 15, in August, I mentioned that I would be moving my workshop from the garage. Well, the day finally arrived when my wife’s son
I don’t know how long this has been in Opera, too lazy to look it up, but discovered it by accident, Opera’s Reader Mode. When activated it gives you a cleaner page to read with menu bars and ads removed. You can toggle it on
ASCOMP PDF Imager Winners Announced! The winners will be notified by email. Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest. ASCOMP has an all-new offering, PDF Imager, and they have kindly offered DCT readers five licenses for a giveaway contest! These licenses are
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At my day job, I work with authors on their eBooks. That is right, I have many other talents you don’t know about! The reason I bring this up is many of these authors send me eBook files that are sometimes too large. Wait, I
My sister gave me her old Canon PowerShot A560. A nice little camera but one major problem. It will not stay on. The viewscreen goes blank with an error message to “Change The Batteries” and then it turns off. I’ve tried a number of different
Some months back we published an article outlining my favorite TV shows of all time: My 6 All Time Favorite TV Shows Now I’m back with my all-time favorite movies. Movies are probably even more subjective than TV shows, with so many great movies to
The Windows 10 Action Center can be a handy place to get notifications about background activities (and errors) that you might not normally know about. It is also easily customizable and today’s Quick Tips article will show you how. Opening the Action Center The easiest
Tweaking.com Windows Repair is a terrific free tool for fixing most common Windows issues including issues with Windows Update. Windows Update is one feature where users frequently encounter errors and searching online for assistance will bring up the identical multiple potential solutions over and over
If you’ve ever used the Administrative Tools listed in Control Panel, you know how handy they are for accessing the tools you need for maintaining or fixing Windows. Below is what the upper-left corner of my Control Panel looks like when the “Small icons” Category
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