Simple Sticky Notes
I’m one of those people who have tons of little bits of paper notes on my desk and I decided I wanted to try some Sticky Notes. Not the paper ones but digital, on my computer. I believe Windows 7 had a built-in sticky note […]
Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
I’m one of those people who have tons of little bits of paper notes on my desk and I decided I wanted to try some Sticky Notes. Not the paper ones but digital, on my computer. I believe Windows 7 had a built-in sticky note […]
Sometimes you may need to know or want to know if a program is 32-bit or 64-bit. Even though 32-bit programs can access up to 4 Gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM), many 64-bit Windows operating system hardware has much more RAM than that. For
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There may be occasions when you need to identify exactly which version of Windows 10 you are running — when posting on a help forum or contacting tech support, for example. Identifying the exact version of Windows 10 is quick and easy. Here’s how… Identify
There are times when you might need to identify a piece of hardware in your PC and this can quite easily be achieved without needing to have physical access to the parts in question. There is plenty of free software available to assist with this
A woman called and said she couldn’t get into her computer, which usually means, “I can’t get on Facebook,” but it turns out this issue was a bit more serious. She said she got one of those ads that pop up in the browser claiming
Windows 10 and 11 are creating hundreds of empty folders in the System Profile folder with a .tmp extension. The creation of these empty folders was first discovered in Windows 10 some time ago and, apparently, the behavior has been carried over to Windows 11.
The Windows 10 Action Center can be a handy place to get notifications about background activities (and errors) that you might not normally know about. It is also easily customizable and today’s Quick Tips article will show you how. Opening the Action Center The easiest
If you’ve ever used the Administrative Tools listed in Control Panel, you know how handy they are for accessing the tools you need for maintaining or fixing Windows. Below is what the upper-left corner of my Control Panel looks like when the “Small icons” Category
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I was recently trying to stream videos through my network using VLC and at first, I couldn’t get it to work. I followed numerous suggestions online but still no luck. Then I tried it this morning when I got up and now it works. I
Bluetooth On Your PC When I purchased my desktop computer several years ago, the thought of not having Bluetooth capability did not even enter my mind. At the time, there wasn’t anything I was doing with Bluetooth on my computer. I was using Bluetooth earbuds
Ever have a need to create a chart in Word? I know when I was in the working world, there were many, many times I was requested to do so. The first time, I panicked, but once I learned how it was a piece of
WordPress And XAMPP – A Perfect Match If you have ever felt the urge to try building a website or blog or just wanted to test your abilities without any added costs like a domain name and hosting services involved, then WordPress and XAMPP is
There can be many reasons why you may want a report when using Access. In this post, I am going to tell you how to create the easiest report you can. It may not be fancy or finished-looking, but it also will not prompt you
If you’re like me you probably use copy and paste a lot. When you copy something it’s stored in memory in a virtual space called the Clipboard. One of its faults is that you can only copy one thing at a time. You needed a