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Device drivers are programs that allow the operating system to communicate with hardware devices. When it comes to driver updates, the old saying “if it isn’t broken, it doesn’t need fixing” well and truly applies. The one possible exception is graphics card drivers, which often […]
It’s the winter for power outages around here, with possible rotating outages due to damage at the power plant. These outages can also wreak havoc on our tech. Some minor, some major. One minor problem I had because of the last outage was that the
Last week I started a lesson on the new subject of ChatGPT. We talked about how you could stop this AI from taking your information to teach all its AI systems. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Stop ChatGPT Using
One of the first problems I had with my TiVo cable service was that the batteries in my remote seemed only to last a week. I got in touch with Tech Support, and they only sent me a new remote. When you move or shake
Here are a couple of Windows tricks that I pretty much guarantee you don’t know about. Slide To Shutdown This trick creates a one-click option to quickly shut down the PC, and it’s achieved via an obscure file that’s been tucked away in the System32
Last week, we covered How to Create a Shortcut on your Android phone from Google Chrome. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Create Shortcut On Android This week, I wanted to jump off this subject and talk about ChatGPT. ChatGPT
My movie collection file size ballooned from around 300GB to 1.2TB. I couldn’t understand why, since I only recorded a couple more movies from my cable box. I scanned through my videos only to find that the last movies copied over were 140Gb to 170GB
How would you like to have an option in the right-click menu to quickly and easily convert any file, right there in File Explorer? That’s what you get with this terrific freeware with the rather exotic name, File Converter. Thanks to fellow author and friend
I know! Sounds really strange, right? Well, I guess it sounds a little strange anyway for us old folk. But that is why I am here – to bring you up to speed and teach you how to make things easier for you, or if
Another week, another how-to article for all of you! Last week, we covered how to customize the Google Search Widget on your mobile device. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Customize Google Search Widget This week, we are sticking
For personal reasons, I’m going to make a bootable USB from a Windows 7 CD that I have. I’m going to be using a program called ImgBurn to do this. Download ImgBurn. I know. It hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still works.
If you were here for last week’s lesson, we covered how to stop Google Gemini from reading our screens. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Stop Gemini From Reading Screen This week, I want to stick with the Google
Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a “Reliability Monitor” feature that will present a system stability rating from 1 to 10, and also help diagnose problematic apps/processes. However, the Reliability Monitor is tucked away and not easy to locate… unless you know how. How
Last week, we covered how to adjust Facebook Display Settings. If you missed that article, you can find it here: How To Adjust Facebook Display Settings This week, I want to cover something on privacy. Not on Facebook, but a Google AI feature called Gemini.
