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I’ve said all along that Windows 11 has been a work in progress, and it seems that work remains ongoing. Here then is the latest on developing Windows 11 features: Right-Click Context Menu According to reports, Microsoft is working on a more compact context menu. […]
Last week we talked about how to Copy and Paste faster. If you missed that article, you can find it here: How To Copy And Paste Faster This week we are still talking about Microsoft Windows. ‘What else can you teach me, Jason?’ Great question.
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I’d imagine everyone knows about a mouse’s scroll wheel’s main function, but did you know the scroll wheel also acts as a third (middle) clickable mouse button? You can perform a number of handy operations using the scroll wheel. Here then are six useful functions
Ashampoo Music Studio Pro 27 Ashampoo has generously offered DCT five licenses for its Ashampoo Music Studio Pro 27 software. These licenses are currently valued at $40 (US) each, but are currently discounted to $20.00. These include a 30-day money-back guarantee. “Ashampoo Music Studio Pro
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If you were here last week, we had a class on how to stop AI on Instagram. You can find that article right here: How To Stop AI on Instagram This week we are going to change the subject and talk about copy and paste.
Many users, myself included, mourned the loss of Windows Movie Maker, which was discontinued in 2017. I lost count of how many special-event slideshows I created for family and friends back in the day. Windows Movie Maker was a classic, lightweight piece of software that
Point-In-Time Restore is a new recovery option that Microsoft has introduced into Windows 11. This new feature was delivered to my Windows 11 systems as part of the July update package. Point-In-Time Restore is an improvement over the legacy System Restore in that it captures
Apparently, Microsoft has flipped on when to install Windows Updates and is now recommending they be installed as soon as possible. As we reported earlier, in an obvious attempt to appease users who are fed up with buggy updates, Microsoft has recently added a new setting
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Microsoft has acknowledged that a bug in Windows 11 is consuming mega amounts of storage space, up to 500 GB in some cases. The bug is linked to Capability Access Manager, which continues to fill the system drive until it runs out of storage. The
I bought a Chromebook from one sister to give to another, but she didn’t like it because everything on the screen is too small. Here’s how to adjust it. Chromebooks don’t have a right-click option on the desktop for changing the resolution. If it does,
Windows 11 will be 5 years old come October and still remains under heavy development. Back when Windows 11 was first released in October 2021, I made the point that it was a work in progress and would require ongoing development, but never in my
A free, lightweight Windows tool that synchronizes, copies, and backs up your folders and drives – with just one click or fully on autopilot. Tired of dragging files between folders, external drives, and cloud storage? Synchredible by ASCOMP makes it effortless to keep your important
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Eagle-eyed users have discovered that Microsoft has quietly increased its Windows 10 ESU (Extended Security Updates) program for a further 12 months, until October 2027. Microsoft provided a free ESU program for home users for the first time following Windows 10’s official end-of-support date in
Smart App Control in Windows 11 is a security feature that prevents the download of suspicious apps. However, unlike most security measures, Smart App Control does not include a whitelist/exception option, nor does it include any options to circumvent the block. I recently tried to
