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Oh the horror! Windows to Mac According to a June 2017 article written by Connie Hwong at Verto Analytics, around 20% of poll respondents in the $150,000 income bracket may consider switching from Windows to Mac within six months to two years. This short and rather […]
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Progress Bars Progress bars can be really lousy at displaying progress. (They have one job.) I’ve seen progress bars sit at the zero mark for what seems like an eternity, then suddenly jump to completion. I’m sure you have, too. That is not what I
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What Is Indexing? Indexing is basically a process whereby a database is created. This database holds many pointers to files on your computer, and the contents within them. By doing so any searches you perform are, in theory, much faster. It helps Windows find things
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Administrator Permissions When you set up a single account on a Windows System it will be, by default, an Administrator Account. However, when you run programs or Apps, they will be run with a standard user access level. This is a security feature that was
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Windows Shutdown Timeouts When you tell Windows 10 and previous versions going back to XP to shut down your computer, it waits a few seconds to give running programs a chance to save their individual data. Normally the default is about five seconds. You can
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What Is AutoPlay? Whenever you plug in a USB device such as a thumb drive, CD/DVD, camera, phone, or external drive into your computer, Windows needs to know how to handle it. Sometimes, the Windows default behavior for these devices is not what you want.
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OneDrive There are many cloud synchronization solutions offered by major companies on the Internet these days. Microsoft has OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) in its arsenal to follow the pack. The familiar DropBox is one, along with Amazon, Google, and many others. Regardless of which one you
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Windows Updates Keeping your Windows 10 machine running smoothly is a never-ending story. Updates of all kinds need constant attention. We all know how important it is to keep the Windows operating system up-to-date for security reasons, and if you like, so-called new features. However,
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Storage Sense Of all the ways Windows 10 has found to annoy us we must admit that it manages to do some things right. One of these might be overlooked if you are not aware of it, and that would be a feature called Storage
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Registry Cleaner Scams The Registry Dave’s Computers Tips has often published articles that suggest making changes to your Windows Registry. This can be a hazardous place in which to be tinkering. We always try to warn you before making changes to your Registry; you should
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Windows 10 Cumulative Update Microsoft has just pushed out an out-of-schedule cumulative update for Windows 10. Lately, this is not an unusual occurrence. “Patch Tuesday” is not scheduled for another week, and we expect more at that time, but this one surprised me. Change Log
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Microsoft Sharing Your Internet Connection When Windows 10 updates your computer some of your updates may be coming from another person’s computer and not directly from Microsoft’s servers. The reverse may also be true– other people may be receiving their updates from your computer. This
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You ever wonder if you could change the color of your mouse pointer or even change the image? That thing is so boring and you know me, I hate things that are boring. Yes, I know you can modify the mouse pointer to black or
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Fast User Switching Fast User Switching is a Windows feature that has been around for a long time. If you have several accounts set up on your computer, this feature allows multiple users to have their accounts open at the same time. It’s a great
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