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I have a Gateway desktop on my network with a couple of hard drives in it, which I use as a backup system. Yesterday, I turned it on, but it wouldn’t boot up. It made one beep and then went to the Gateway Logo. It […]
A guy called me and claimed he “couldn’t get anything on his computer”. That can be translated in so many ways. Usually, it means, “I can’t get on Facebook”. I went to his home, and his problem was that he had lost his internet. He
A guy came to me with his Chromebook. On Facebook Messenger (Chrome browser), he had no scroll bar, so he couldn’t scroll back to see older messages with someone he was chatting with. I cleared out the temporary files, reset the browser, disabled the extensions,
I will start by saying that I am absolutely no kind of expert when it comes to Excel. I simply am not good at anything that resembles math, even when it is automatically done for me! Having said that, I do try to avail myself
It is not just Word where you can save time and keystrokes! No sir! You can also save time and keystrokes when you are using Excel. Below you will find some keystrokes that a lot of folks are not aware of. I think you will
A lot of folks do not realize just how easy it is to create work books in Excel. With Excel, you can streamline your data entry with AutoFill. Once you do that, you can get chart recommendations based on the data, and create them with
Celebrating World Backup Day Almost all tech sites continually emphasize the importance of backups, none more so than here at DCT. We’ve published numerous articles explaining how backups work and how they can save money and grief. In this article I’ll explain how to set
I don’t think it takes a genius to predict that Windows 10 will still play a major role in desktop operating system market share for some time to come, almost certainly well past its end-of-support date in November. We’ve witnessed similar situations in the past,
Why Windows 10 Will Stick Around For Some Time Yet Read More »
I decided to make my CyberPowerPC my main system, switching over from my ASUS. A little bit more power. That meant installing and setting everything up in a way that was similar to the ASUS. I had no real problems until I tried to set
I wrote before about this, but I couldn’t figure out why VLC couldn’t see my shared video folder. I recently discovered why. It was because I forgot to share the folder. 🙂 When I had my Maestro cable setup, I didn’t have to share any
As recently reported by our John Durso, Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May 2025. I’ve always viewed Skype as being one of the marvels of technology and this most popular communications application will certainly be missed by a large percentage of users. Microsoft acquired
Microsoft’s Habit Of Fixing Things That Aren’t Broken Read More »
In my last post, I told you how to recover deleted items and said I would include more where that information came from in my next post. Well, this is that post! There may be times when you need to restore items from your Junk
You have painstakingly completed a lengthy email to be sent to all your colleagues and you are about to send it out when you get a phone call. Turns out this was a rather lengthy phone call and when you return to your keyboard, thinking
An older couple was having problems with their computer. It initially seemed like it was having an issue keeping its settings. For example, I would set up Chrome for them, and then it was gone. Without going into too much detail, I gradually realized what
