I got another laptop (not a new one). Someone I know was getting rid of all their old tech and gave me one of their laptops. It’s a Gateway MS2285 (currently Win 10). After resetting and fiddling with all the settings, it was still as […]
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My sister had an HP Media Center Laptop at one time that had the ability to handle two hard drives. Most laptops don’t come with that option but you can still add a second hard drive by buying a special hard drive caddy that lets
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Inside A CPU There are several types of CPUs available for today’s computers. The most common are Intel’s from Celeron, to the Core Series i3 or i7. AMD’s Ryzen series are similar in type and function to Intel’s Core Series. One common factor you should
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Taming Terms Of Service Agreements All of us have been asked to sign the extremely long and hard-to-read “Terms of Service” (TOS) forms that are so prevalent for online websites. Particularly Software and Social Media giants like Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft, and a host of
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When Malwarebytes first released Anti-Exploit it was as a free standalone program and then, quite some time ago, Anti-Exploit was merged with Malwarebytes’ main product, Malwarebytes Antimalware, as part of its Premium package. However, did you know that you can still get Malwarebytes Anti-exploit (MBAE)
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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… Running Now!
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Audials One 2022 Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Audials has generously provided us with five licenses for their all-new Audials One 2022 for a DCT giveaway
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I have been writing a series of articles on the Samsung Phone, mainly on Samsung Galaxy A20, A21 and A10e. Today we will continue this series with a new How To. First, if you haven’t seen the other articles and videos I have done on
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You can take your documents from good to spectacular very easily in Word 365. Let’s start with forms. Suppose you want to create a form that your users/readers can inset information into. You would start with a template or document and then add something called
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The last couple of days my Gateway desktop has been acting up. The screen freezes and then the fan starts getting noisier. So when I managed to reboot it, I went to the Event Manager and clicked on Administrative Events. And behold the long list
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Does the door on your Optical Drive stick? After pressing the “Open Door” button on an optical drive, the green light will go on and then nothing. On some drives, it will only happen occasionally. Fortunately, there is an easy fix for both problems on
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I first highlighted this outrageous situation on 24th November 2021 in Facebook Bans Links To Dave’s Computer Tips and nearly two months later the censor hammer is still in place. Collectively we writers at DCT have submitted tickets to Facebook’s so-called help desk on numerous
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There’s more to weather than meets the eye and if you dig a little deeper, it helps to understand how the weather is forecast. But some weather is more difficult to forecast than others — thunderstorms, for example. That said, there are thousands of weather
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It’s no secret that Microsoft deprecated quite a few options/settings in Windows 11 and users have not been happy with the results. One of the most complained about missing options is the ability to access Task Manager via the Taskbar’s right-click context menu. However, considering
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