3 Ways To Turn Off Your PS4
How to Turn Off your PS4 Just the other day my wife asked me if there was more than one way to turn off the PS4. This also came up because of our youngest son turning on the PS4 when the TV is off. Then, […]
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Windows Quick Tips – Remove Shortcut Arrows
The Shortcut Arrow Be forewarned that this “Quick Tip” isn’t so quick. Last week I wrote a Windows Quick Tips article about removing the word “Shortcut” from shortcuts. In response to that post, our DCT Forums moderator, Dandl, asked about removing the little arrow that
How to Opt Out of Netflix Test Participation
A Weird Site Redesign A few weeks ago I tuned into Netflix to catch up on Henry VIII and his bodice-busting antics in The Tudors only to find that the good people at Netflix had seen fit to ruin the interface and for me to
How To Set Main Display In Windows 10
Main Display Yesterday at work I noticed I had a Windows 10 update to do. So, I figured I had some time and could get it done. The computer rebooted and all of a sudden my main display was no longer the boss. I have
How To Recover Forgotten Wireless Password
A guy just called me and he couldn’t remember his wireless password. He had computers already connected but was trying to connect another device. You could just rummage through the router settings to find it that way, but Windows gives you a few options. Windows
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Remove “Shortcut” From Shortcuts
Shortcut Nagging Windows has all sorts of little annoyances and, for me anyways, one of them is the word “Shortcut” added to desktop shortcuts. Don’t ask me why. Maybe it’s because I’m already mad about being old and it doesn’t take much to keep me
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How to “Skew” Images In Adobe Fireworks
In my business I mainly work with image files like JPGs and PNGs. Most of the time I need to design a banner, custom art or an ad for one of my clients. This includes taking multiple images, such as a business logo and a graphic, and merging
How To Reset Internet Explorer, Disable Add-ons
One of the things I do when cleaning out a computer is to reset all the browsers including the ones not being used. This post will concentrate on Internet Explorer (IE) version 11 running on Windows 7, but the same steps will apply to other
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Free Up More Drive Space
Free Up Some Drive Space This Windows 10 Quick Tip is geared more towards gamers than casual Windows users.If you have terabytes of free Hard Disk Drive (HDD) space, then downloading huge games to your HDD isn’t going to be much of a problem. If,
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Chrome – High CPU Usage? Reinstall It
I just had to clean out another laptop– this one was running Windows 7. I ran the usual cleaning procedures which you can read about in this article: How To Get Rid of Most Malware After all was said and done, the Chrome browser seemed
Windows 10 Quick Tips – 2 Ways To Safe Mode
What Is Safe Mode? Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software. Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system. It
How To Stop Thunderbird Message Auto-Deletion
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,
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Editing The Send to Menu
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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How To Do Reverse Image Search – Google
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