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Retention Policy This is something I never knew Mozilla did until I started looking for an old eMail and could not find it. For some unknown reason, after a month or two my Inbox and Trash messages would disappear. It was either my wife deleting them, […]
The incredible, editable Send-to Menu is a convenient way to quickly open a file in a specific program, create a shortcut, send mail, and so on. The Send-to Menu is not only versatile but quite customizable and today, we’ll show you how to do just
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I come across a picture on my computer every now and then and sometimes need to find out what the source of that picture is. This is when a reverse image search comes in handy. Just go to Google and click on the word Images
Ripping the CD/DVD I recently had to upload a music CD as a video to Facebook. First, I had to rip the CD to my computer, so I used Windows Media Player for that. If you open Windows Media Player full screen, you should easily
A Snappier Windows 10 Does your Windows 10 computer seem a little sluggish? Does it take a long time to boot up and hit the desktop? Do the menu systems seem to respond poorly? Here are some ways to help infuse new life into an
The Annoying Double-Click When you use your mouse to click on something, whether it be a button, link, or scroll-bar, you intend it to click once. Older mice will sometimes send an unwanted double-click instead. This can lead to all sorts of frustration. Two browser
Constant SSD Writes It is a well-known fact that Solid State Drives (SSD) have a singular number of available write operations before they “die”. Firefox compounds that problem with its restore option. Firefox has a feature allowing it to recover from crashes. This is a
Did you ever wonder if you could change the color of your Facebook page or even add an image to the background? If you have, then you have come to the right place. As with any computer app, software or web browser there is most
Here at Dave’s Computer Tips, we harp on making backups. Dedicated readers know how critical this is to safeguarding your data and, for that matter, your entire system, from being compromised in a multitude of sinister ways. But how about your Windows Registry? We are
Converting an Image to Text I was cleaning up my computer by backing up some older documents and other stuff by and then deleting them from my system. I came across a humorous graphic called, “15 Most Computer Illiterate People Ever. How Is It Possible
Compression Did you know that Windows automatically compresses your Desktop Wallpaper? It’s true. The default result as an amount is 85% resolution of the original. In other words, the resolution is reduced by 15%. Granted, that’s not a lot, but it can lead to jagged
I did something yesterday that I never did before in all my years of fixing computers– I connected to a computer to fix it remotely. A guy whose computer I was trying to fix asked me to do it. Even though I have never used
I was at work today and my Mother-in-law texted me about an issue she was having on Facebook. Issue: She accidentally posted the same thing more than once on someone’s Timeline. The question she had was, “How do you remove a duplicate comment on someone’s
DDoS Attacks On October 21st, a massive Cyber-Attack impacted major websites such as Airbnb, Etsy, Netflix, Reddit, Spotify and Twitter. The nature of the attack is part of a growing trend of Dedicated Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that utilize infected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
