I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed 4 grave diggers walking about with a coffin, 2 hours later and they’re still walking about with it. I thought to myself… they’ve lost the […]
I recently purchased a new PC which came with Windows 10 Home pre-installed. I connected an existing Windows 10 Pro system drive to the new PC in the hope of installing Windows 11 Insider Preview on that drive so I could get a handle on
I hasten to add, this only applies to older PCs. Last week I received a somewhat troubling email from Dell announcing that the major PC vendor would only be providing Windows 11 compatible drivers for a selection of newer models. The email included a link
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Most of you will be aware that Microsoft first released a tool to check if PCs meet Windows 11 requirements a couple of months ago which, as it turned out, was a piece of crap. Not only was the tool inaccurate but also, if a
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If you haven’t heard the news, Norton has recently acquired Avast for a whopping $8 billion. There is little doubt that the third-party antivirus landscape is rapidly changing and Norton’s recent acquisition of Avast only adds fuel to the fire. In recent times Avast acquired
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the Flower and Jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend. In addition, Husband uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance and Personal
Speed skating final 2002 Winter Olympics. Please watch the video through to the end, I guarantee it is worth it. Commentary is provided by a couple of Australian comedians so is very much tongue-in-cheek. The Australian skater who ended up winning gold is Steven
A little while back I bought a brand new PC. I didn’t really need it but my existing machine is getting a bit long in the tooth (around 8 years old) and it was too good of a deal to pass up. The new PC
My wife thinks I’m too nosy. At least that’s what she wrote in her diary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two hillbilly brothers called Davo and Jimbob operate a small business hiring out canoes for an hourly rate at a local lake. It’s Davo’s job to collect the money
Most modern PCs will boot from both MBR and GPT partitioned system drives running under a combination Legacy/UEFI system. However, with the advent of Windows 11 and its harsh requirements, GPT will become mandatory and some users might want or need to convert a system
Microsoft has copped a lot of criticism over its decisions regarding Windows 11, including plenty emanating from DCT: Windows 11 Requirements: Over The Top? Windows 11 – What Are They Smoking At Microsoft? However, the most telling criticisms are coming from users involved in the
The official release date for Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system has been announced on the Windows Experience blog. The new version of Windows will become available for compatible Windows 10 devices and preloaded on devices such as PCs and laptops from 5th October 2021. We are
In this article, I’ll show you how to save Gmail email to your PC in PDF format. One of the reasons I tend to stick with using an installed email client is because it provides a very easy method to save specific email to the
Easy Context Menu is a portable freeware (no installation required) to easily edit and manage context menus. Context menus are those menus that appear when you right-click any file, folder, the Desktop, and Desktop elements. Here is an example of a context menu: Many developers
