Windows 10 hides scroll bars in its Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps. Well, it shrinks them to a point where they can become difficult to use. Trying to aim a finicky mouse cursor at a skinny little scroll bar can be an exasperating experience. This […]
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The Windows Recycle Bin has been around for a long time and I must say, it is a great idea. It helps protect us from ourselves in so many ways. It allows us to delete stuff willy-nilly and retrieve it once we realize that we
It’s only been eight days since July’s Patch Tuesday (the 10th) and already Microsoft is patching its patches. I don’t know how true this is, but I think I read somewhere that Windows is over-encumbered with perhaps millions of lines of unused code, but Microsoft
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Passwords And PINs Passwords are a secret. They are a secret you share with any one of the estimated 200 million active websites on today’s Internet. (There are actually over 1.8 billion, but by far most of these — roughly 75% — are placeholder, or
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Personalization – Themes vs Wallpaper The concept of Themes has been around since Windows was a mere child. Wallpaper, too, is an ancient invention. The whole idea is to spruce up your computer environment with images that please you, rather than the constant, dull, default
System Tray Icons If you have a lot of background programs running, you probably also have too many System Tray icons showing. This means you have two problems: You might have too many unneeded background programs running You have a very busy and cluttered System
What Is Timeline Timeline was introduced as a new feature in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709). Timeline is part of Task View, which is accessible by clicking the Task View button on your Task Bar. Task View was added to Windows 10 to
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The last couple of Quick Tips articles demonstrated methods for disabling the Lock Screen. Some of you, however, said that you liked the Lock Screen, but I wonder if you also like ads. It is a sad sign of the times when an operating system,
