Have you ever wanted to control access to the Internet for one program? There is a way to do it by making changes to the Windows built-in firewall, but it’s complicated. This article will show you an easy way to block or restore Internet access […]
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System Protection The System Protection feature has been in place since the release of the unpopular Windows Millennium Edition. It’s purpose is to provide a very basic backup of the Windows Registry, along with driver states and some important system files. Accessing this feature is
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Install & Play Classic Windows 7 Games on Windows 10/8.1/8 Fans of the classic Windows 7 games were pretty miffed when Microsoft chose to consign the games to oblivion with the release of Windows 8. The original FreeCell, Minesweeper, Hearts, Solitaire, etc. gained a pretty
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Delete Unused Apps in Bulk Microsoft has always bundled a passel of utilities and applications with its operating systems. Since they don’t know what you’ll use, their solution is to basically give you everything. It’s up to you to decide what you need and don’t
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I must have been nice in 2013 because Santa brought me Windows 8.1 for Christmas. I consider myself very lucky indeed. Thank You Santa– you know who your are. Fat Borders Being the fussbudget that I am, as soon as I got past the drudgery
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I’ve made it pretty clear in previous articles that, rather than installing 3rd party software to do the job, I’d much prefer to see users configure and customize Windows 8 via the operating system’s own built-in options and settings. There are two very good reasons
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No doubting that Microsoft added more versatility to the taskbar in Windows 7, but options built-in for pinning items to the taskbar for quick access are very limited in their range, generally restricted to applications. There are workarounds available which allow users to pin personal
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Windows default drag & drop behavior is set to ‘Move’ for files/folders on the same drive, and to ‘Copy’ when working between different drives but, how many of you are aware that you can temporarily change the default action via the Shift, Ctrl and Alt
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