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Windows Search is a frustrating, tiresome, and endlessly long process that hasn’t improved much during the many years that I’ve been using Windows. When Windows Vista was released in 2007, search and indexing were much vaulted, but the reality was that the indexing process simply […]
Edit Images Directly In Edge In the latest release of the Dev and Canary channels, you can start editing web images right in your browser. Simply hover over the top right corner of any web-based image. Beneath the familiar four corner icons are two hidden
With several computers in our household and those of family and friends, I still need to reinstall or upgrade Windows from time to time, be it Windows 10 or 11. On these occasions, I never connect to the Internet until the installation is complete and
When Windows 11 debuted, it offered a new feature, called Voice Typing, the newest iteration of the Windows speech dictation tool to convert spoken words into text. Speech-to-text is a useful process for quickly getting thoughts into the computer without having to worry about typing.
I wrote before about my cable setup with streaming capabilities built in. I can stream media from my computer through my cable box to my TV. But before my TV can detect any media, the folders have to be added to the Windows Libraries. This
Overview Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities developed by Microsoft for use on the Windows operating system. These programs add or change features to improve productivity or add customization. Microsoft first came out with PowerToys for Windows 95. After Windows XP, Microsoft stopped developing
Overview In Windows, many people use their mouse or touchpad for the bulk of their activities. One of the most basic activities is selecting text. In this article, I will give you the knowledge to select text more efficiently by showing you eight different ways
Most of you would be aware of how to pin application shortcuts to the Taskbar – simply open the list of All apps, locate and right-click on the application in the listing that you want to pin, then select More > Pin to taskbar: However,
It’s very easy to pin shortcuts to folders to the Start menu in Windows 11 but the feature is limited to a selection of folders as designated by Microsoft. However, the feature does allow for the most often accessed folders to be pinned, including most
I wrote before how my uncle gave me his old Android phone, Galaxy J3 (2018), and the charging port built into it was shot. I ended up buying a universal charger to charge the battery. Read here, How To Universal Android Battery Charger That took
MAME – Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, according to their website: “MAME’s purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important “vintage” software from being lost and forgotten. … so MAME now documents a wide variety
Where Are My Passwords Have you ever forgotten the password to a website? It is easy to do. You might have had one for a long time and decided to update it and then forgot what the new one was or forgot to record it.
So, have you ever wanted to hook up your phone to your computer and see the actual phone screen on your computer screen? Here’s how to do it. Note: These instructions are based on an Android Galaxy J3 (2018). You will need to: Enable USB
Users often ask in which order the two commands to fix system file corruptions – sfc /scannow and Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth – should be run. To know the answer to this question you first need to understand what functions these two commands perform. Please read: How
