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Microsoft has been doling out the Windows 10 2004 update for a while now. Given the many previous buggy updates that have caused countless headaches for many people, Microsoft seems to be soft-pedaling this one a bit. By that I mean some users are not […]
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Optimize Windows 10. Try out these 10 simple steps to help speed up your PC and make it less prone to performance issues. These simple tips probably won’t make all that much difference if you’re running a machine with high-end specs but can certainly help
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When the operating system will not boot and when the operating system will boot. The best free malware scanners, offline and online, plus the best free bootable rescue solutions. Recent Malware History The incidence of malware infections on home computers has slowed quite dramatically over
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Back in the old days of Windows XP, we had a Quick Launch bar that when clicked next to the Start button would pop up a list of programs to access quickly. When installing a program today, I sometimes find a checkbox to allow the
Remember Quick Launch? Read More »
Photos is a program included with Windows 10. When I read the following description on a Microsoft page I thought it was describing Google Photos. It seems to me Microsoft has borrowed a number of ideas. The Photos app in Windows 10 gathers photos from
How To Build A Video With Photos Read More »
Tales of woe. The customer is always right. Well, maybe not always, perhaps very seldom… Hard Drive Full Some years ago, when I upgraded my laptop, I gifted my old Asus laptop to son number two. The laptop was quite old then and must be
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Have you seen videos where you watch a seed grow into a flower? That’s a time-lapse video. I will show you how to do a simple time-lapse video using what’s built into Windows. Open the camera app. Either find it in the Start menu or
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With any job, you probably have to work in Microsoft Word. That is no different for me and sometimes I need to convert that Word doc into a PDF. I have written a few articles on working with PDFs. Here are a few you can check
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Last week we published an article about the latest Windows 10 update (2004) and what new features/changes it introduces. I openly admit there is not much among the list of changes that I find overly exciting. For years now users have been complaining about various
3 New Features Windows 10 Should Include Read More »
Hold your breath folks, the next major Windows 10 update is now rolling out! Seriously, no need to be concerned as Microsoft is adopting a much more sensible approach to this latest feature update than it has previously. First of all, Microsoft is rolling out
Windows 10 May (2004) Update Now Rolling Out Read More »
A number of reader comments in response to a recent article brought to my attention that some users might be a tad confused about the function of Windows Security as opposed to Windows Defender. I hope what follows will help clarify. Windows Defender vs Windows
Difference Between Windows Defender & Windows Security Read More »
Sometimes your browser can get screwed up. I recently had to reset it for a woman to clear it out. Resetting Edge brings it back to using all its default settings. Here is a quick, simple way to get at those settings from the Start
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If you’ve been a Windows 10 user since its first release, or have been updating Windows 10 through multiple new builds, you will likely see that your hard drive now contains more than one recovery partition. These partitions do not display under ThisPC and you
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Back in February, we reported that Edge was edging closer to Firefox in the desktop browser market share with numbers for January showing Edge at just a single percentage point behind Firefox. I said in that article… ”I don’t believe it will be too long
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