Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming software in the following list is etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s […]
Windows 10 Abuse Due to the nature of my business, I am forever installing/uninstalling programs and utilities. I also abuse Windows 10 with settings changes, and I mean constantly. This is probably not what the average user does, but I find it necessary to not
Ads and Notifications Microsoft likes to play around with names. Semantics is their game. For example, instead of calling it an “Ad”, they call it a “Suggestion”. What I call “Annoyances”, Microsoft calls, “tips, tricks and suggestions”, or, “Notifications”. Oh, such wit… If you don’t
Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top quality software to our readers. Here’s what’s happening… Running Now! REMINDER: The Duplicate Photo Cleaner contest is still active through February 2, 2017. You still have time to Enter to Win 1 of
Windows Sleep Problems Ever since I first installed Windows 10 on my computer, there has been one niggling, recurring problem– it won’t go to sleep! By searching various forums on the internet and spending countless hours with search engines, I have over time “fixed” this
Start Menu Tiles The full screen Start Menu with Tiles began its life in the now infamous Windows 8. Most people hated it but I think that is mainly because it was such a huge change from the original Start Menu we had been using
Kaspersky Software Updater The very first thing I must do is give thanks to Daniel, our DCT Forums Moderator, for pointing this software out to me. Thanks, buddy! I have used many software updaters during my long years messing around with computers. This one, though,
Winners of the Duplicate Photo Cleaner Contest Announced! [message type=”success”] And the lucky Winners are: John Hughes Melanie Diehl Nigel Scarth Jeffrey Cross Robert Rozijn Congratulations to the Winners and a big thank you to everyone who participated! [/message] Over the years I have tried
This will undoubtedly be the quickest Quick Tip in Windows 10 Quick Tips history. I always begin these little posts thinking they will be, well, quick. It doesn’t always end up being that way because sometimes I get long-winded, or sometimes the subject matter simply
The OneDrive Flyout OneDrive just got a new fly-out on some installations of Windows 10. Here is a comparison of the two: The legacy fly-out displays a simple bit of information telling you how many files and their total size remaining to complete synchronization. DropBox
Notifications Windows 10 provides a Notification Area which, well.. notifies you with App and System information. You also have the option of Enabling/Disabling this feature on a per App basis. What you may not know, however, is that you can also control the Priority and
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The Kaspersky System Checker (KSC) is a free and portable utility. Free and Portable are two of my favorite words, especially when used in the same sentence. I downloaded this little beauty, tried it out, and would like to share my experience with you. Downloading
EaseUS Partition Master Professional 11.9 Our friends at EaseUS have kindly offered DCT readers a free copy of their famous and highly recommended Partition Manager program. This offer is for One Day Only, ending on January 5, 2017. Hurry so you don’t miss out on
Corrupted Thumbnails Sometimes, files get corrupted. That’s a fact of computer life. On the left you can see a classic example of what I’m talking about. The first row of images aren’t showing anything, the second row seems to be OK, and the third row
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