Continuing the saga of YouTube demonetisation, which has affected my channel since August last year, it’s become reminiscent of DCTs ban at Facebook — no specific answers are forthcoming. This is very frustrating because even though I’ve given my channel a complete overhaul and deleted […]
My YouTube Channel Has Been Demonetised – Part 3 Read More »
I recently came across an article on a tech site with the title “Do more CPU cores mean better performance?” which, after a fairly lengthy explanation, came to the conclusion… yes, more CPU cores mean better performance. It’s one of those “no sh*t Sherlock” moments
For some years now I’ve been using a Logitech C170 webcam with 1024 x 768 resolution, 30fps, 5 megapixels, and a built-in microphone. I always found this combination to be very handy because I didn’t need to plug in a microphone or use headphones. Anyway,
Understand Your New Computer Purchase Did you miss a great deal on buying a computer this Holiday Season? If you missed the hyped-up Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, don’t worry, most retailers will offer great deals through January and particularly in February when overstocks
Software updates– sometimes features get added, deleted, or moved around. Opera has made some changes to the reset option of its browser. I wrote about the reset feature before: Read here: How To Reset Opera Fix Keyboard Shortcuts If your browser is up to date,
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… Running Now!
With the holidays behind us, we need to get back to reality. During this time of the year, we get to figure out where all our money went. At least that is what I do at the beginning of every year. Most of us probably
If you are running any version of Microsoft Outlook, it’s a good idea to occasionally run a check of all Outlook data files to make sure there are no errors. This is particularly true if Outlook is misbehaving. There are various ways to repair Outlook,
In an earlier post, I told you how to move data from Excel to Access and vice versa. In that post, I told you that you should, if you want a smooth process with glitches, clean your data. Now, I am going to tell you
My young grandson was visiting for Christmas and, out of the blue, he asked me how old I was. I told him 75. He was very quiet for a moment, and then he asked, “Did you start at one?” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answering machine menu all Parents
Answering Machine Menu For Parents & Grandparents Read More »
DISM according to Microsoft’s own site, and I quote: DISM: Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is a command-line tool that can be used to service and prepare Windows images, including those used for Windows PE, Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and Windows Setup. DISM can be used to
People often ask me why I bother to refurbish old computers and often garnish their comments with all types of snide remarks and put-downs. Do I care? Certainly not. I derive a lot of pleasure from breathing new life into old PCs, especially if they’ve
Hong Kong based company iTop‘s primary product is a VPN but it has also released a free browser with VPN built-in and a free VPN browser extension. In this article, I’ll be testing both the browser and browser extension. iTop VPN Browser Review iTop VPN
Until 6th January you can claim all three of the above Tomb Raider series free on Epic Games which is one heck of a great giveaway. I already have the games which I bought on release at Steam because I’m a Tomb Raider junkie, but
