Excel Shortcuts!
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 […]
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How To Create Work Book In Excel 365
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
How To Implement An Effective Backup Strategy
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
Why Windows 10 Will Stick Around For Some Time Yet
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,
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Canon Printer Not Detected On PC
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
How To Stream From PC To Android TV – Fix
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
Microsoft’s Habit Of Fixing Things That Aren’t Broken
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
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How To Restore Outlook Items From Junk Mail
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
How To Recover, Restore Outlook Items
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
Remove Entry From “Choose An Operating System”
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
Ashampoo Privacy Inspector 2 Overview & Giveaway
Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Ashampoo has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win a copy of Privacy Inspector 2. We have five licenses
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Windows 11 February Update Causing Major Issues
The KB5051987 February 2025 update for Windows 11 24H2 is causing major issues. At a time when Microsoft is aggressively urging users to update to Windows 11 24H2, the last thing the company needed was yet a further series of issues created by an official
YouTube Video Stuck Playing On TiVo System
I was playing a YouTube video. It got stuck playing in a loop and I couldn’t stop it from playing. I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my cable to the TiVo system. My main reason was that it was $60 cheaper than what I
How To Auto-Login To Windows
I was talking to someone who had locked themselves out of their Windows account because they put in the wrong PIN too many times. If you get the warning that you put in the wrong PIN too many times you may see the message to put in