articles about free software
Are you the local go-to person for family and friends whenever they are experiencing problems with their computers? It may well be that you are not actually a computer whiz at all, the burden of being even a little bit tech-savvy is that you are […]
I had a bunch of pictures I wanted to print to one PDF file. I didn’t know if I would have to download any special software of the Internet, but it turns out, I did not. So, here’s what I did. You need a PDF
Salvaging An Old Desktop Computer My neighbor threw away her old desktop computer which I decided to salvage for parts, if nothing else. I hooked it up to see if it was even working. It powered up. It tried to load what looked like Windows
In my humble opinion, each new version of Windows has been an improvement on the previous, however, there are still some features/aspects of older Windows operating systems that I miss, such as the old Internet connection icon, for example, which used to flash in time
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One of the common factors invariably included in advice from security experts is to always keep software up-to-date, and there is a very good reason for that. Despite the best efforts of software developers, some programs can (and do) include vulnerabilities which can potentially be
I’m pretty sure regular DCT readers would be well aware by now of my intense dislike for Windows 10’s forced automatic updates. It doesn’t seem to matter how much I change Windows 10’s update settings to try to prevent updates from downloading and interrupting my
Ashampoo Music Studio 2018 Ashampoo has released their free version of Music Studio and we’d like to tell you a little bit about it. Ashampoo Music Studio 2018 is a tried and versatile application to edit and burn audio files. Audio disc ripping happens quickly
We’ll be talking about the Windows Character Map today. Actually, the new Character Map App that you can get for free at the Windows Store. Its use is so simple that demonstrating it would insult peoples’ intelligence, so I won’t bother with that. The main
Eclipses Wisconsin, as well as the rest of the United States, was treated to at least a partial solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. A mere 70-mile wide swath actually experienced a total eclipse– lucky folks. I understand it to be a euphoric, perhaps even
Find Similar Images Dave’s Computer Tips recently ran a Giveaway Contest for Duplicate Photo Cleaner which is designed to help you find duplicate pictures on your hard drive(s). If you don’t win one of the licenses or if the draw is already over by the
Kaspersky Software Updater The very first thing I must do is give thanks to Daniel, our DCT Forums Moderator, for pointing this software out to me. Thanks, buddy! I have used many software updaters during my long years messing around with computers. This one, though,
The Kaspersky System Checker (KSC) is a free and portable utility. Free and Portable are two of my favorite words, especially when used in the same sentence. I downloaded this little beauty, tried it out, and would like to share my experience with you. Downloading
It’s a been a while since we last posted our best of freeware selections. That’s largely down to the fact that freeware offerings haven’t changed that much and new/innovative freeware has become somewhat of a rarity. So, there’s not much point in re-iterating categories which
I thought I knew every type of free screen capture tool available, that was until I came across CloudShot. According to CloudShot’s changelog, the software has been around since late 2012 with the most recent version (5.1) released in March this year. Strange then that
