Most clients I visit have their desktop tower positioned on the floor, mainly because the computer desk is not large enough to accommodate the tower on top. Placing the tower on the floor is not ideal but will suffice under certain circumstances. Types Of Floor […]
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For six months now I’ve been searching for an inexpensive Windows 10 Home to Pro upgrade key and have finally taken the plunge. This all started when I purchased a brand new Dell XPS8940 six months ago at a fantastic price — an offer too
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Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a built-in Administrator account that, by default, is hidden and disabled for security reasons. All these types of accounts — Local (user), Administrator (user), and built-in Administrator — provide the user with certain levels of privileges. A Local account
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World Backup Day is traditionally held on the 31st of March each year specifically to encourage more people to back up their data. It’s remarkable just how many users are still not in the habit of backing up personal data and run the risk of
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First off I must emphasize that I am a Linux fan but, unfortunately, I do not believe it will ever be ready for prime time. The biggest problem, as I see it, is the lack of serious professional software. Sure, Linux is just fine if
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Microsoft, in partnership with CPU manufacturers, is planning to introduce a new security protocol called Pluton which is similar to TPM but built into the processor and, if history is anything to go by, there’s every likelihood it could end up being a mandatory requirement.
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Check Point Research, a company that provides leading cyber threat intelligence, has discovered malware permeating the Microsoft Store. The malware is being delivered via malicious clones of popular apps, mostly games, and has already been known to have infected more than 5000 machines. The malware,
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Following a Tweet from a respected security source suggesting the release of a Windows 12, a number of tech sites started reporting the coming of Windows 12 as a distinct possibility. However, the original Tweet was subsequently taken down by the author with an apology
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Many of you would probably be aware that, since the very beginning, a Microsoft account has been required to install Windows 11 Home. Now, with its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22557 (on the Dev channel) Microsoft has applied the same requirement for Windows
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I suspect every Windows user has experienced issues with Windows 10 feature updates at some time or another. In typical Microsoft fashion, the naming convention certainly hasn’t helped — we started off with 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, etc, which then somehow morphed into 20H2, 21H1,
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I’ve been reading Jim Canfield’s terrific Purchasing Your 2022 Computer series of articles with interest but noticed some confusion in readers’ comments regarding the amount of RAM required. Posing the question “how much RAM is enough” is akin to asking “how long is a piece
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I thought it might be an interesting exercise to pit an NVMe drive against a Solid State Drive (SSD) to see just how much difference there is between the two in terms of speed. In the blue corner, we have an Intel Optane NVMe and
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Most have grown accustomed to Command Prompt and, more recently, PowerShell. Windows 11 introduces a new alternative called Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is built into Windows 11 but is also available for Windows 10 as a Microsoft Store app. What Is Windows Terminal “Windows Terminal
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The family computer is a great source of fun and information for all, but families with tender age children will need to take steps to protect those innocent eyes from the darker side of the World Wide Web. There are numerous methods to filter out
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