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Here is a video from our DCT YouTube Channel archive which explains how to use the excellent FastStone Image Viewer Freeware. The problem with resurrecting this type of archived material is that the information is often out-of-date. However, even though this video was created in […]
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Cairo Desktop is a free shell environment for Windows that changes the way in which the desktop and associated user interface displays and behaves. I tested out Cairo Desktop on my Windows 10 and was very impressed. The download is a mere 2.28MB executable but
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I’ve been using OneDrive for several years now, because you get 5GB of free storage, added to which I got an extra 30GB free when I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S8 mobile phone. But that extra storage only lasted for three years, so I was
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ASCOMP Text-R Pro Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! ASCOMP has kindly given DCT five licenses for their Text-R Pro software. These licenses are currently valued
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Flash is dead — RIP. But it still might work on older systems with older browsers with flash enabled. If you have a bunch of flash files on your system, they end in the .swf extension, then you can still play them by downloading Adobe’s
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Days Gone On PC I’m a PC gamer and take little notice of console games because I don’t own a PS4 or an XBox and probably never will. However, many games made exclusively for consoles do eventually find their way to the PC, with
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In the past, to move data from one computer to another I would simply copy the main folders like Documents and Pictures to an external drive large enough to hold them. This worked well. However other important files, some hidden, were not copied. Then I
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Updating VLC is usually not an issue if, like me, you have it set to automatic. I had version 3.0.12 Vetinari and every time it tried to update, I would get an error message that at first I completely ignored. The message kept popping up
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Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Free With
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I wrote about downloading videos with youtube-dl-gui before. That article contains important information you will need to use this software. You should read it before continuing with this one. This program has a converter and merger components included so I decided to give them a
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When we take a picture with our cell phone or digital camera the date and time the event occurred is part of the image along with details about the camera and the location of where the picture was taken. Pictures taken with my cell phone
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I wrote in my last article about using VLC to download Youtube videos. A commenter, thanks to Daniel, suggested a program called youtube-dl. It is a command-line program and I really wasn’t interested until I found out there was a graphical interface you can download.
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Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Free &
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