I recently read a comment from a DCT reader who indicated that he had difficulty identifying a link on our DCT pages because he is color blind. I thought, there must be a method of changing colors or themes on a computer to improve vision […]
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There’s one piece of software that I come across on customers’ computers more frequently than I would wish to and that’s McAfee antivirus, known as McAfee Total Protection. It’s so prevalent that it almost feels like a virus itself. Most of my customers are running
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I had some issues with Opera, my main browser, now called Opera One. Opera Update Breaks Opera So I decided to use Opera GX until I got Opera One cleared out. One problem I had with Opera GX was getting the Speed Dials to show.
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Microsoft PowerToys v.0.70.0 This utility was first introduced with the release of Windows 95. Microsoft has largely ignored the application until this new release. It is basically a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience to give you to
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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! Steganos
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My son was watching videos on TikTok recently (no surprise) and started getting annoyed that the closed captions were on and in the way. Not sure why that bothered him but I stepped in to help figure out how to turn them off. This brought
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Ascomp F-Rename Ascomp has come to the rescue with five licenses for five lucky DCT winners of this Ascomp F-Rename software. These licenses are currently valued at $19.90 (US) each. Ascomp also offers a free unlimited 14-day trial version so you can try it out
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I don’t know what’s up with some browser updates making the browser interface too big. I had that problem with Opera. Is Your Opera Interface Too Big? Then it was Firefox. Are Firefox Menus Too Large? Then it was Opera again after an update screwed
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One of my clients called me in a complete tizzy about a month ago. It seems they needed to find out how to unlink cross-referenced fields as well as automatic caption numbering. Now the real reason they were in a tizzy was their superior at
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Image Size Matters Most of us have mobile phones nowadays and the cameras on our phones are remarkably powerful, being able to shoot between 12 and 108 megapixels and maybe more. At full resolution of say, 4000 x 1868 pixels, the above photo in its
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This is a measure we’ve been putting off for some time but, unfortunately, ad blockers continue to starve us of revenue. As of now, when anyone visits DCT with an ad blocker enabled, a window will pop up with a request to whitelist DCT in
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If you think the personal details you provide during everyday transactions are safe and secure, you need to read this. In early March this year, Australia suffered its largest ever data breach when a company that virtually nobody had heard of fell victim to a
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I had to replace my mouse. Bought one at the dollar store that I thought was wireless. Should have read the package more carefully. It’s a “VX Gaming” mouse. It lights up and cycles through the colours. It seemed a bit flaky at first but
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In my previous articles in this series, Parts 1 and 2 dealt with Graphics, and Part 3 with writing assistance and writing generators. But the obvious question is where this leads or even where it ends. Regardless of your interests, it appears that there are
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