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So you think you’re the administrator of your own computer? Windows tells you that you are, but that’s where it gets confusing and ambiguous. There are numerous reasons why you may be denied access to your files in Windows, not to mention the blocking of […]
You may not know that the most current version (March 2021) of Windows 10 pre-installed on Windows 10 PCs comes with three browsers: Internet Explorer, the original version of Microsoft Edge (legacy version), and the latest version of Microsoft Edge (a Chromium-based browser). The Edge
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As promised, this article is full of more useful Microsoft Office shortcuts. Follow the steps below: SHIFT F3 – Toggles between uppercase, lowercase, and title case CTRL | = – Will subscript highlighted text CTRL SHIFT – Will superscript highlighted text CTRL | SHIFT |
Windows, any version, has never been known for cleanliness. Microsoft has no qualms when it comes to leaving tons of outdated and unneeded files on your system. Printer drivers are no exception to this philosophy. You might have installed a printer many years ago that
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This video will show you how you can enable Windows 10 on-screen keyboard. If your laptop keyboard goes out or your PC keyboard stops functioning properly then this is the video for you. Using the On-Screen keyboard will get you by, at least for the
If you did not know, I have started a Gaming channel with my sons. I have been into gaming all my life and doing this with my kids makes it more fun. My kids have been asking me for years to start a YouTube channel
Thank goodness that, with Windows 10, Microsoft finally rationalized the various available Windows editions. Looking back to the popular Windows 7 which was available to home users in no less than five different editions — Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate — what
One of the things that annoy me in Windows 10 is the default power options. At the default settings, I walk away from the computer for a few minutes and I have to press the Enter key and sign back in. If I’m going to
My uncle called me because he couldn’t get the internet on his phone so he couldn’t upload his videos or pictures to Facebook. He wanted me to tell him how to copy his videos and pictures to his computer. I sent him info on how
Any Windows 7 or newer computer can be upgraded to Windows 10. All you need is the installation media. With it, you can upgrade an existing system to Windows 10 keeping the data and non-Microsoft software. Or you can use the media to do a
There are a lot of advantages to using portable versions of software. However, the one minor disadvantage over installed software is that portable software is not automatically set as the default application and we often have to perform that chore ourselves, manually. What that means
The Windows 10 Action Center is one of those features that you might or might not find very useful. Some of you might even say that it is a nuisance. There are several ways to customize its behavior and this Quick Tips article will show
The Task Manager in Windows 10 has evolved into a very useful utility. Over the years, Microsoft has added new features that improve upon its available feature list. Sometimes, Microsoft gets it right. One of the new additions, since the October 2018 update, offers the
One of the many personalization options available in Windows 10, and previous versions, is to be able to change the fonts that are typically used. If you have changed the fonts that Windows uses, either because you wanted a change of scenery or were simply
