How To Clean Your Data
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 […]
Answering Machine Menu For Parents & Grandparents
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
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A Free GUI For Running DISM Commands
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
How To Refurbish An Old Pentium 3 PC
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
iTop VPN Browser & Extension Review
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
Get Tomb Raider Trilogy FREE On Epic Games
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
How To Create Notebook In OneNote 365
This is really a learning experience for me as well as you, my dear readers. I have never really used this application before but now I want to immerse myself in it. I have the app, so why not use it and see what it’s
Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 5221)
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… Expired! Winners
Ashampoo ZIP Pro 4 Overview & Giveaway
Ashampoo ZIP Pro 4 Winners Announced! The winners will be notified by email. Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest. This contest has expired. Ashampoo has generously provided DCT with five licenses for their ZIP Pro 4 software. Our readers will have a
Add Rotating Pictures To Lock Screen Samsung
We have been doing a series of articles on Samsung Android phones. This time I wanted to go over a part of the Lock Screen. As before, if you have not seen the other articles or videos in the series, here they are: Articles Take
How To Upload Encrypted Files To Google Drive
Not really a fan of online storage but I finally bit the bullet and decided to upload a few things to Google Drive. If you have a Google account, you automatically have access to 15 GB of storage on Google Drive. So the first thing
10 Fearless Predictions For 2022
Actually, this list is more what I would like to see happen in 2022 but probably won’t. Alternative title… We Live In Hope Microsoft to release a cumulative Windows Update that isn’t buggy and doesn’t break anyone’s operating system — we live in hope People
2.4GHz vs 5GHz – Which Is Best?
Most modern routers are dual-band devices capable of transmitting on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, but which is best? Many users incorrectly think that 5GHz must be better simply because it is faster but it ain’t necessarily so. 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi Band Explained The 2.4GHz band
Are Computers Male Or Female?
A group of men and a group of women were given a piece of paper and a pencil and asked to write down what gender they thought a computer might be, including four arguments to back up their reasoning. The men’s group decided that computers