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Overview Windows 11 has many settings and preferences that provide Microsoft with information about you. Some of the information that Microsoft collects includes browsing history data, device connectivity and configuration data, inking, typing, and speech utterance data, product and service performance data, product and service […]
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Overview Everything, that has been around for 18 years, is used by many DCT readers. Many readers may have read Marc Thomas’s post Everything – Windows Search At Light Speed. Everything is on DCT’s list of recommended software. Everything, by Voidtools, is a free Windows
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I have been using my Motorola Edge Android Phone for many years now. Like all phones, Motorola loves doing updates, and sometimes with those updates, you get something helpful. This time it looks like they gave me a new feature (new to me) that I
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Microsoft is adding more and more functionality to the Snipping Tool app in Windows 11 and the most recent additions include OCR and a “Redact text” feature. NOTE: These new features are currently available only in Windows 11 Insider builds but will be rolled out
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This topic was covered before but X (the artist formally known as Twitter) has changed its interface a bit since then. Read: How To Change Your Twitter Profile Photo by Jason Shuffield (2016) So, here is how to do it with a modern look. Go
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Here are four Windows tips you may or may not know about. If the latter, you might find them handy: Turn Any Text Into A Hyperlink Hyperlinks turn text into a clickable link that then opens a specific website. To create a hyperlink you need
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I use PayPal for my home business and the job I work during the day to pay the bills. This last week I was logged into my business PayPal account and while I was looking around I got an idea for a How-To article that may
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You most likely have noticed the Set As Default option when you were in your Paragraph Settings window when adjusting tab stops or indention. It’s not a big deal, really. It is actually quite easy to miss because there is a lot of other information
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Overview Many DCT readers use the open-source Bitwarden to manage their passwords. I have been using the premium version of Bitwarden for years, while Jim Hillier recommends the free version of Bitwarden if you do not need the premium features. Bitwarden is a secure password manager
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Thunderbird updated and I noticed a search bar at the very top. I don’t like it. A bit of clicking around and I found out how to remove it. Right-click on the top bar, somewhere around the search bar, and click on “Customize…” Then right-click
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Thunderbird updated and then on one of my Gmail accounts I kept getting an error message saying, “Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox.” Then I
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As you may know, I have two TikTok accounts – one for comedy and one for gaming fun. If you would like to check them out, here they are: Comedy Channel: master_zurich Gaming Channel: Gold Club Gamers With many apps, they like to update features and settings
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How to add a MacOS-type QuickLook file preview to Windows. Overview Anyone who has used a Mac is familiar with a handy feature called QuickLook. On a Mac, you can preview a file by pressing on the spacebar. Videos will start playing, documents will be
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Every now and then you may have a reason to put a picture in your documents. Maybe you just want to spice it up some or perhaps you need a picture to make your point clearer. Whatever the reason, you will be happy to learn
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