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Anyone in corporate America will tell you how Microsoft Word is used extensively to create a plethora of documents. It very often can be helpful to know exactly who created a document, especially since it could be a very long time since it was reviewed […]
I know a few people who have problems double-clicking to open files or programs. There are a few ways to work around this issue. 1. Right-click You can right-click on the file or program in question and in the menu that opens click on Open.
Windows will let you set the time it takes for menus to open when you hover over them with your mouse cursor. Even though this post is directed at Windows 10 users, it will also work in Windows 7 and 8.x. The point to be
Since the Windows XP days Windows has had some burning capabilities built into it. I decided to experiment with this in Windows 10. I am going to burn a folder called docstosave. Here’s How… First, open up File Explorer. It’s usually pinned to your taskbar
All modern versions of Windows maintain an Icon Cache and a Thumbnail Cache. Their purpose is to store these many thousands of tiny files in one place in order to speed up access times. Sometimes, however, these cache files can become corrupted and your icons
I use the LastPass extension in my Opera web browser. I decided to try to print a copy of all my saved passwords. Here’s how to do that… Click on the LastPass icon in your browser and click on More Options. Then click on the
The Problem I’ve had this problem on and off for a while. It wasn’t too bad at first, but now, for some reason, it’s gotten really annoying. So, here’s what’s going on. I open File Explorer and click on a picture folder and then I
I believe one of the most valuable classes I took in school was typing. We had manual typewriters that you really had to bang on to get those keys to work. I learned the keyboard layout and have used that skill ever since but especially
Multi-Monitor Wallpaper I like to play around with the customization options of Windows. I was wondering how I could stretch out a background, or span it, over two monitors. For this example, I’ll be using a picture downloaded from Studio Ghibli Movies. Right-click on your
Windows 10 Hibernation “Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms.” Wikipedia In Windows, too, hibernation is a state of inactivity. It differs from “sleep” in that it consumes no power. When a computer is “sleeping”, a certain power draw is maintained
Color Blindness As many as 8 percent of men and 0.5 percent of women with Northern European ancestry have the common form of red-green color blindness. ~ National Eye Institute If you can see a number within each circle in the above image, then you
Windows 10 Game Bar In Windows 10 Microsoft introduced a feature called Game Bar. Its purpose is to give you easy access to screen captures and recording options. If Game Mode is enabled, it will recognize when you start up a game, increase game-related priorities,
Folders Microsoft used to call Folders Directories, but no longer. Now they are Folders, and sub-folders, and forever shall be unless of course, they aren’t. You never know what Microsoft will do regarding its naming conventions. You can do things with Folders in Windows 10
1903 Windows Update If Microsoft remains true to form, then version 1903 will show up on our doorsteps a month late– sometime in April. The problem is that we can no longer trust Microsoft to deliver a bug-free experience. All you have to do is
