The Browser Race Last month marked the third-year anniversary for Edge, the highly touted browser that was introduced with the release of Windows 10 to the public. Like a yearling, it didn’t exactly hit the ground running. As a two-year-old, it did more stumbling than […]
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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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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System Tray The System Tray is what we used to call what is now officially known as the Notification Area. That has too many syllables and sounds too high-brow for my tastes, so System Tray, it is. The System Tray is that part of the
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Administrator Permissions When you set up a single account on a Windows System it will be, by default, an Administrator Account. However, when you run programs or Apps, they will be run with a standard user access level. This is a security feature that was
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Registry Cleaner Scams The Registry Dave’s Computers Tips has often published articles that suggest making changes to your Windows Registry. This can be a hazardous place in which to be tinkering. We always try to warn you before making changes to your Registry; you should
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You ever wonder if you could change the color of your mouse pointer or even change the image? That thing is so boring and you know me, I hate things that are boring. Yes, I know you can modify the mouse pointer to black or
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Customizing Things If you have been following my writing for the last couple of years you would have noticed that I love adding my style to things. You know… customizing Account Pages, Profile Images, banners or even the background picture of websites. Like I always
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Command Prompt is Missing The recent Windows 10 Creators Update has struck again. This time, it is in the form of a missing Command Prompt entry in the WinX Menu (Windows Key + X). It has been replaced by the Power Shell and that is
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