A woman called me because after a Windows 10 update her screen went, as she put it, black with yellow letters– she could still use it but didn’t like it. So, after digging around in the settings a little bit I found out what happened. […]
Opera updated again today. I don’t know what’s new under the hood but there are two changes I noticed. One is the Easy setup button that has moved off the Speed Dial page and up on the bar in the top right-hand corner. It’s not
We live in a world obsessed with putting labels on people. One that seems to be popular these days is in the political arena. Are your left, right, upside-down, or inside-out? 🙂 If you want to know where you stand, take this political test at
A number of people asked about creating DVDs so here’s a simple program and the basic instructions on how to use it. First, download and install DVDStyler. When you first open the program you’ll get the New project window. The only options you might want
The hardest thing about buying online is that you usually need a credit card which I don’t have but there are other options. PayPal comes to mind first but PayPal isn’t accepted everywhere, and not on Amazon (I believe it was at one time). So
A neighbour called me and her daughter had set up her Facebook account with the wrong birth date. So here’s how to change it. Sign in and across the top blue bar click on your name. Then About. You should see in blue letters Edit
My system is getting a bit flaky so I’m torn between a reset, reinstall or wait for the next update. Sometimes you can clear up your problems by creating a new account. So here’s how to create a new account in Windows 10. Start typing
This is mainly written for Opera which is very similar in Chrome, but completely different in Firefox. Most browsers allow you to search directly from the web address bar these days and they also give you the ability to change what search engine you want
What Is A Rootkit Rootkits according to Wikipedia: A rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or an area of its software that is not otherwise allowed (for example, to an unauthorized user) and often masks
I know a few people who have problems double-clicking to open files or programs. There are a few ways to work around this issue. 1. Right-click You can right-click on the file or program in question and in the menu that opens click on Open.
Since the Windows XP days Windows has had some burning capabilities built into it. I decided to experiment with this in Windows 10. I am going to burn a folder called docstosave. Here’s How… First, open up File Explorer. It’s usually pinned to your taskbar
I use the LastPass extension in my Opera web browser. I decided to try to print a copy of all my saved passwords. Here’s how to do that… Click on the LastPass icon in your browser and click on More Options. Then click on the
The Problem I’ve had this problem on and off for a while. It wasn’t too bad at first, but now, for some reason, it’s gotten really annoying. So, here’s what’s going on. I open File Explorer and click on a picture folder and then I
Multi-Monitor Wallpaper I like to play around with the customization options of Windows. I was wondering how I could stretch out a background, or span it, over two monitors. For this example, I’ll be using a picture downloaded from Studio Ghibli Movies. Right-click on your
