Personalization – Themes vs Wallpaper The concept of Themes has been around since Windows was a mere child. Wallpaper, too, is an ancient invention. The whole idea is to spruce up your computer environment with images that please you, rather than the constant, dull, default […]
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System Tray Icons If you have a lot of background programs running, you probably also have too many System Tray icons showing. This means you have two problems: You might have too many unneeded background programs running You have a very busy and cluttered System
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What Is Timeline Timeline was introduced as a new feature in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709). Timeline is part of Task View, which is accessible by clicking the Task View button on your Task Bar. Task View was added to Windows 10 to
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The last couple of Quick Tips articles demonstrated methods for disabling the Lock Screen. Some of you, however, said that you liked the Lock Screen, but I wonder if you also like ads. It is a sad sign of the times when an operating system,
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When you open VLC to play a video you usually have the controller toolbar at the bottom, i.e., the bar with all the buttons like Play, Stop, etc. You can actually customize that bar by either adding or removing buttons. Two buttons I like to
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Yes! I might be a little excited for this article. Time for another installment of adding personality to your gaming system. In the last article (Add a Custom Background On Xbox One) we talked about adding a custom background to your Xbox home screen. We
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I am sure you know how to create a numbered list using the built-in tools provided by Word. If, however, you create a numbered list that contains more than nine items it, you may notice that your numbers are not properly aligned (i.e., your numbers
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The Windows Lock Screen was introduced in the now infamous Windows 8 version. People seem to have mixed feelings about it– some like seeing a pretty picture when they start their computer, while others see it as an unnecessary annoyance which involves yet another click
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Since the beginning of time, about the time I was born, Windows has had a desktop icon system in place. You click on an icon and it miraculously opens a program, document, or just about anything else you want. Of course, you are already familiar
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I just came across this article and it intrigued me so I gave it a try. At first I was stymied because the first step said to open the document in Word and I thought well, if it is password protected, then I cannot open
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