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There are many ways to add a caption to an image. The simplest one for me has always been to open the image in Microsoft Paint that comes with Windows. This is how I usually add a caption with Paint. Open the picture, drag […]
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My neighbour had a problem with her computer not saving her wireless connection info. Here is one way to fix it. Type services into the search box and click on it in the list. In the Services window, scroll down, locate WLAN AutoConfig and then
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Remember the Menu Bar in Internet Explorer? Even if you did not have it turned on all you needed to do was tap the Alt key and: Many like having that ability– having the pull-down menus. With Edge, it no longer exists. This is not
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I am always finding new things about Windows 10. This one was a surprise. It has to do with the size of a window being displayed. In the beginning, we would click the icon in the upper left of a window and choose Restore, Minimize,
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Applies to Windows 10 version 2004 and up. If you’ve installed Windows 10 version 2004 or 20H2, chances are you will see a new banner added to the top of the Settings app. The banner displays the status of various aspects, including Windows Update, OneDrive,
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Nineteen of the vulnerabilities fixed this month earned Microsoft’s most-dire “Critical” label, meaning they could be used by malware or malcontents to seize remote control over vulnerable Windows systems without any help from users. Microsoft released updates to fix four more flaws in Exchange Server
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I switch between using speakers and headphones quite often. Sure, you can do that by using your mouse to click multiple times, drilling through a convoluted Windows menu mess, but wouldn’t it be much simpler to only use a keyboard hotkey? That is what SoundSwitch
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Every file stored on the computer is named. That name consists of two parts. The left portion is the actual file name. It ends with a dot or period and is followed by what is called an extension. [Almost] every file has one. That extension
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Ok, first a few facts about Read Aloud: It is only offered in Office 2019 and Word 365. There are also several other methods to use: Immersive Reader, Speak, Narrator, and Speech. In my humble opinion, Read Aloud is far and away your best option.
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This video will show you how to use the Windows 10 Desktop backgrounds. After watching this, you can start showing your personality on the desktop of your computer. My desktop background is set with an image and my wife has a slide show of pictures
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You would be hard-pressed to go into an office today and find a steno pool, or even an administrative assistant to transcribe dictation. Dictation is so old school now. And why wouldn’t it be? Microsoft Word makes it so easy to convert voice to text
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This question came up the other day. “I received a PDF file from overseas and I wanted a German PDF document translated into English, I could not copy and paste this document to a translation program. How can I accomplish this?” A PDF is a
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Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft replaced the Internet activity monitors with a static one. I’m referring to the icon that looked like two monitors that flashed blue to show network activity. One incoming, one outgoing. It displayed down in the notification area. But Microsoft, in
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You are viewing a webpage you found or perhaps one that came as a link in an email you received. Perhaps it was a recipe or maybe an article in an online newspaper. All you want is to send a portion of that webpage to
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