Articles that instruct or provide instruction
Icons are images that represent other things. When we use them in our Word documents they appear as black and white line drawings, mostly with different versions of the image. In Word, icons, just like shapes, are vector graphics. They are also, you will be […]
Microsoft’s gradual deprecation of the Control Panel in favor of the Settings app is making some settings/options more difficult to locate. With that in mind, I thought it might be time to explain how to access the System Restore settings where you can turn this
Adding Stickers To Your Desktop Windows will be rolling out Desktop stickers for a future build of Windows. Right now, they are available in Beta and Dev Windows Insiders, but I imagine it won’t be long for them to roll out with an upcoming update
I have the job of managing the DCT YouTube channel. This is something that I have done for my personal account and other businesses too. With any job, it is always nice to find tips/information online to help make these channels better. You might agree
Locate WiFi Passwords See the Original Tips and Techniques for DOD Degree of Difficulty Values Windows stores all of your Wi-Fi passwords on your system. This can be handy if you have forgotten your Wi-Fi password and need to share it with someone or activate
Sorry, no screenshots this time. A few days ago I was called because a guy’s laptop wouldn’t boot up. This was an HP. It seemed completely dead. Then I noticed a little light that came on where the power was plugged in and another little
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I have an issue with Thunderbird email pausing updates in RSS feeds. As I understand it, it does this automatically when it runs into errors fetching the updates. Why the developers thought that pausing the updates without any real explanation was the best course of
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Once you have sent a document out for your colleagues to review, you might receive more than one version in return. And they might all have suggestions and revisions you do not want to miss. Should this occur, you can simply combine all the edits
Last week, I decided to write an article on Amazon Push Notifications. I wanted to stick with this subject and share some more tips to make better use of your Amazon account. If you missed last week’s article, here is the link to it: How
You are most likely familiar with the term “Navigation Pane” because it has been around since the 2007 version of Word. Then, it was called Document Map. The name may have changed a bit and been updated from time to time, but the fundamental reason
I know there are some naysayers when it comes to OneNote, but there are also quite a few people who still use it and rely on it. It definitely still has a place in your bag of tricks for quick and easy working. Follow the
Fixing A Hidden Title Bar See the Original Tips and Techniques for DOD Degree of Difficulty Values DOD = 1 Occasionally an application window will repeatedly open with the Title Bar hidden above the desktop. Not being able to grab the Title Bar and move
I have two older Dell towers. One is a Dell Inspiron 531 with 2 GB RAM. The other is a Dell Inspiron 530 with 1 GB RAM. They both take DDR 2 RAM and I realized I had a bunch of 1 GB DDR2 RAM
I was given a Dell Inspiron-530 Desktop. A Vista Home Basic, Intel Celeron CPU 450 @ 2.20 GHz, 288GB hard drive and 1GB RAM. It was an old desktop owned by a late neighbour. When I turned it on, it would give an error message:
