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Delete Unused Apps in Bulk Microsoft has always bundled a passel of utilities and applications with its operating systems. Since they don’t know what you’ll use, their solution is to basically give you everything. It’s up to you to decide what you need and don’t […]
The internet is currently rife with stories regarding the imminent return of the traditional Start Menu. Although much of the information being relayed is predicated on rumor, most of it is emanating from very reliable sources. At its Build conference back in early April, Microsoft
Many of you may have noticed a few changes in your Windows 8.1 installations this week. On Tuesday Microsoft released “Update 1” for Windows 8.1 – I know, all these numbers are starting to get confusing to me too! Update 1 is more of a
4 Helpful Windows 8.1 Update 1 Videos from Microsoft Read More »
As the first quarter of 2014 has now drawn to a close, and considering XP’s end of support is nigh, I thought it might be timely to check out current market share figures and see how much things have changed over the past 12 months.
XP Market Share Drops 11% – Chrome Browser Hits 2nd Spot Read More »
Announcements regarding Microsoft’s future direction have been emanating from the Build 21014 conference at a prolific rate. Facts can sometimes get blurred and rumors abound, but here are the three top stories which appear to be valid: Windows to be Free for Devices with Screens
Windows: Free on Devices Under 9″ – Start Menu Set to Return Read More »
Windows 8.1 Drive Usage Anyone who has used a Microsoft product for any length of time knows that the company does not have any qualms about how much of your precious hard drive space they use. For example, they don’t mind using 10% of your
Windows 8.1 – How Much Space Are Those Apps Using? Read More »
Windows XP’s Fast-Approaching Demise It’s no secret that Windows XP’s life expectancy is a bit grim. April 8th, 2014 is the last breath of life XP will ever see. April 8th is also Patch Tuesday and that’s the breath of life I’m talking about. On
Windows XP Death Throes And How It May Affect You Read More »
Amazon Prime Price Going Up If you are an Amazon Prime subscriber, you received an email this week announcing that Amazon is raising the price of its popular service to $99. According to Amazon’s website, the price change is set to occur on April 17th.
Spring Cleaning and the rest of the year Every day my computer is scheduled to do a backup in the afternoon. Roughly once a week, I transfer these files to an external hard drive. Once a month I put copies of all these backups on
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XP ‘End Of Support’ Popup End of support for Windows XP is now just around the corner, on 8th April. In fact, XP users should start receiving official End Of Support popup notifications as of now. Security concerns have been well documented but one well
I’ve mentioned previously how I’ve installed Windows 8/8.1 on numerous clients’ machines and how they have all loved their new operating system. Well, this morning I received my first complaint… albeit a minor one. A female client was concerned that she could see no evidence
How To: Display Windows Defender Icon in the System Tray Read More »
Bandwidth Usage and Broadband Caps Our very own Dave Hartsock wrote an article back in 2011 that still makes a lot of sense to me. Some articles seem timeless and this is one of them. You can read “Do Broadband Caps Make Sense” to give
Windows Disk Cleanup – The Gargantuan WinSxS Folder Windows Vista introduced the WinSxS (Side x Side) folder to address problems in previous versions of the operating system. It allowed several versions of the same data libraries to be used from within a single location. Perhaps
How To Regain Hard Drive Space – New Windows Disk Cleanup Features Read More »
Bypassing the Windows Log On Screen It makes perfect sense in Windows 8 to use your Microsoft account to keep things up-to-date and synchronized. Consider all those “Live Tiles”, for instance, which would otherwise suffer an untimely death due to a lack of Internet sustenance.
