Just recently, I discovered that the folks at WinXDVD have released relatively new software called Aiarty Video Enhancer. This immediately piqued my interest for two reasons: I have a perfect project for this type of software Digiarty/WinXDVD is the leading producer of quality video and […]
Unexpected shutdowns are not common, but if you happen to be working on a project at the time – compiling a partially completed Word document, for example – all that work to date will be lost. “Restartable Apps” is a little-known feature in both Windows
I am running a Windows 11 24H2 Insider Preview build, so these new features are likely not yet available in the general release build. However, they will be soon, and I wanted to show you how Windows 11 continues to evolve. Copilot Adds Speech Recognition
What Is Browser Fingerprinting When you visit a website, your browser divulges a surprising amount of information, such as your operating system, browser, screen resolution, list of extensions, time zone, language settings, and much more. This information is collated to create a “fingerprint”, and because
Browsers And Search Engines Many (if not most) of my clients do not understand the difference between a browser and a search engine. So, for the uninitiated, let’s start there: Browser: A web browser is a software application that allows users to access and view
Alphabet Inc. (Google’s parent company) is the largest technology company by profit and among the world’s most valuable companies. ~ Wikipedia Google has recently upped the ante in its fight against ad-blockers, targeting YouTube users with a new round of anti-ad-blocker pop-ups. I received this
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Defragmentation and Trim are both methods to optimize a drive; the former is used to optimize HDDs and the latter to optimize SSDs. Windows includes a feature that automatically optimizes drives; the feature is enabled and set to weekly optimization by default. Windows identifies each
All antivirus solutions will occasionally flag a harmless file as being malicious, and these instances are generally known as false positives. The problem with antivirus software is that it is unable to distinguish between the potential for malicious use and actual malicious use, so it
It’s a fact of life that many software developers, including Microsoft, like to have their programs start up with Windows. In many cases, this is totally unnecessary and these programs can easily be accessed manually. Windows 11 users can now choose to be notified whenever
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In a somewhat ironic twist, Microsoft has recently announced that it will extend support for Microsoft 365 on Windows 10 PCs, completely contradicting an announcement last January that support for Microsoft 365 apps would be discontinued when Windows 10 reaches end-of-support. Obviously, the decision to
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For years now, I’ve always kept two or three air duster cans of compressed air in stock for cleaning up clients’ machines as well as my own. Maybe I’m late to the party, but a few months ago I came across these rechargeable electronic air
Microsoft has recently published a document that attempts to convince Windows 10 users that TPM is worth the upgrade. Windows 11 is quickly making up ground on Windows 10 in market share, but Windows 10 remains the predominant Windows operating system, and Microsoft will not
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Digiarty is currently running an Easter giveaway for its excellent Winxvideo AI software where you can get a lifetime license for Winxvideo AI v3.0 for free – expires 25th April. Winxvideo AI is a comprehensive toolkit for working with video: Enhance old, low-quality, noisy, or
There are a number of reasons why users might want to compress (reduce the file size) of images and/or PDFs, but the main reasons would probably be to send images/PDFs as email attachments or to post images on social media. Optimizing images for a website
