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Electronics Frontier Foundation Ever hear of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)? My guess is that most have not. However, in the fast-moving and ever-developing age of electronics, they are a very important organization. The EFF is the “leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the […]
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Microsoft has a habit of hiding certain System Files and even File Extensions. Good or bad, it’s always debatable. I don’t like it. Here’s how to un-hide hidden files. This applies to all versions of Windows – *Folder Options was changed to File Explorer Options
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About 2 weeks ago DCT’s Forum Moderator Daniel reported that after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update his USB webcam was no longer working properly. At the time we passed it off as some sort of minor glitch, a driver problem maybe, and thought no
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Cortana I have a problem talking to my computer; it makes me feel uncomfortable somehow. I’ve really tried very hard to look at my computer and say, “Hey, Cortana!” I just don’t like it. Maybe if I could rename her to ‘HAL’, that would help,
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Microsoft will impose a change to the way it will offer updates to pre-Windows 10 computers. No more picking and choosing between individual patches for security and system reliability. These patches will be offered only in a single “Convenience Roll-up” update. A Roll-up is multiple
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*Applies to Windows 7,8,8.1,10 Everyone should be using a password to protect their wireless network from uninvited intruders. You are, aren’t you? Of course you are. Most of us do, and most of us also rely on Windows remembering that password for us so we
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In Windows 10, Microsoft changed File Explorer’s default view from This PC (formerly My Computer or Computer) to Quick Access. Whenever you open a File Explorer window, you’ll see the Quick Access view, which provides access to frequently used folders and recently used files. *File
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The Windows 10 free upgrade period may have expired but legal repercussions from Microsoft’s heavy-handed upgrade practices are set to continue on for some time yet. In separate class action law suits: three Florida men have sued the company alleging that its Windows 10 upgrade
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update… is now available and being pushed to computers through Windows Update. Microsoft has included several new ‘features’ that come with this update. Notable features include a number of User Interface (UI) improvements to the Start Menu, Notification Center, Task Bar, and greater
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Back in May this year Microsoft announced that the free upgrade offer would continue after July 29th for customers using assistive technologies. This decision was made to allow more time for assistive technology providers to overcome any potential incompatibilities. Microsoft has now launched the free
Still Get Windows 10 for Free After 29th July Read More »
Some of the most common Windows issues, and most often posted solutions, must surely be regarding the erratic Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer is the component which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing many functions of the operating system as well as displaying user
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ClearType is Microsoft’s implementation of subpixel rendering technology in rendering text in a font system. ClearType attempts to improve the appearance of text on certain types of computer display screens by sacrificing color fidelity for additional intensity variation ~ Wikipedia Clear as mud? Put simply,
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Apparently, quite a few users are being prevented from upgrading their existing operating systems to Windows 10 due to incompatible graphics drivers – receiving a message similar to the following: Coincidentally, I came across this issue recently when a client brought over his Windows 7
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Speculation surrounding the possibility of Microsoft introducing a subscription based option for Windows 10 has been doing the rounds for quite some time. We even wrote about it way back in 2014: Subscription Based Windows OS – Is It On The Cards? Now, it seems,
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