Over the years, we’ve all enjoyed our favourite native Windows software, but it seems the more popular a Windows program is, the more keen Microsoft becomes on getting rid of it. WordPad & Notepad WordPad was a very popular free and lightweight word processor that […]
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Windows 11’s August update (KB5121003) is in the process of rolling out, and it delivers quite a few enhancements/improvements. Here is a rundown of what to expect: File Explorer: Now displays file sizes in MBs and GBs as well as in KBs. For years, File
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After 40 years developing a Windows operating system, you’d think Microsoft could get it right, right? But no, Microsoft continues its unfathomable pattern of following up success with unmitigated disasters. Windows 7: Released in 2009 and destined to become one of the most popular Windows
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A new keyboard combo has been added to Windows 11, allowing users to copy anything and everything. I recently received a Windows Insider email message highlighting new features as well as several Windows 11 tips. Among those tips was this keyboard shortcut, which I previously
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Microsoft has started force-feeding a new “OneDrive Photos” app onto Windows 11 PCs, whether you want it or not. And if you’re a OneDrive user, you cannot get rid of it without also removing OneDrive; it’s a case of either OneDrive and the OneDrive Photos
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No, a new service in Windows 11 is NOT spying on you. No, Linux has NOT suddenly gained 10% market share. A Windows 11 Service Is Not Spying A post on X (formerly Twitter) recently claimed that a new service in Windows 11 is a
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Windows 11 has already gone through 5 versions, with each Home and Pro version typically receiving 2 years of full support. Which means each version is quietly counting down to its expiration date. Once a version expires (reaches end-of-life), it no longer receives any updates,
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It’s something most of us have experienced at one time or another: you either go to shut down or restart the system only to discover that updates are now installing. It doesn’t happen often, but it sure is frustrating when it does. In my experience,
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Several companies based online are threatening to block Google’s crawler that collects information to train its AI. Ad revenue has taken a hit during the past decade, firstly with the widespread use of ad-blockers, and now with Google search prioritizing AI summaries. Google utilizes a
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Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Swifdoo AWZ Media Player Swifdoo has kindly offered five licenses to some lucky contest winners for their AWZ Media Player software.
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I’ve said all along that Windows 11 has been a work in progress, and it seems that work remains ongoing. Here then is the latest on developing Windows 11 features: Right-Click Context Menu According to reports, Microsoft is working on a more compact context menu.
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I’d imagine everyone knows about a mouse’s scroll wheel’s main function, but did you know the scroll wheel also acts as a third (middle) clickable mouse button? You can perform a number of handy operations using the scroll wheel. Here then are six useful functions
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Of course, everyone should be concerned about their online privacy. However, I do believe that some take that concern to extremes, almost to the point of paranoia. Windows Privacy Remember the furor over telemetry when Windows 10 was first released, with conspiracy theories aplenty and
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Many users, myself included, mourned the loss of Windows Movie Maker, which was discontinued in 2017. I lost count of how many special-event slideshows I created for family and friends back in the day. Windows Movie Maker was a classic, lightweight piece of software that
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