All articles about Computer Operating Systems
The simple answer to that question is “NO”. They may be using your data but only if you give them permission. I know that some readers have trouble accepting that as a fact and I truly understand your position. If you were to believe only […]
I have seen a few blue screens in the past few weeks. This used to be referred to as a BSOD or Blue Screen Of Death. That is all the computer would do. You turn it on and the screen is blue and nothing else
In most cases, when installing Linux in a Windows environment, it is installed on completely separate partitions as a completely separate operating system. However, there is one Linux distro, called Q4OS, which can be installed inside Windows as an application– no separate partitions, just a
Windows To Go: Windows 10 on a bootable USB drive that you can take anywhere with you. You may or may not have heard of ”Windows To Go”, which is Windows 10 installed on a bootable USB drive. Windows 10 has a Windows To Go
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A few weeks ago I wrote an article on How To Change Animation Timing In PowerPoint. This was due to my work asking me to create a presentation with Office 365 PowerPoint. With being stuck at home, I have more time to do this time-consuming job (at least
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article on How To Watch Netflix Movies/Shows offline. This article showed how to download movies and shows to your system and watch them there. That way, you were not using up so much bandwidth while you were stuck
A woman bought me her digital picture frame and wanted me to put some of her pictures on it from two flash drives she had. That was easy enough. By plugging the frame into my computer through USB, it showed up as a removable drive
The Windows Clipboard is a feature built into the operating system that acts as intermediary storage when you copy and paste. Whenever you copy text, etc., whatever you copy is saved to the clipboard and then, when you paste, it is copied from the clipboard
Windows 10 is a huge operating system and most of us probably only use a fraction of its many features, so for those of us who have far too much time on our hands — that’s most of us, now — here are a
I am seeing more seniors getting computers and moving from flip phones to smartphones. They realize they need to embrace the new technology or they will fall way behind. And many new computer users feel as if they need to have some special skill to
The ”Read Aloud” feature included in Chromium Edge is a neat alternative to reading through online content, particularly articles, and instead have the content read out for you. You can change the type of voice and speed at which the content is read, and even
In Part 1 of this article, I explained the process for creating system image backups using the excellent Aomei Backupper Standard (free). Now I’m going to explain how to restore those images you’ve created. At the end of Part 1, I advised that you test
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I use keyboard shortcuts all the time. There are many lists out there and this list is not all there are. These are many that I find useful. Let me know of ones you use that I have missed. Some of these have been around
Now that we are all stuck in our homes, it has given us time to watch all those movies and shows we never had time for. The COVID 19 virus is giving us more “family time,” meaning the whole family is streaming. My family is
