How To Copy Chrome Bookmarks To New Computer
This past week at my real job (yes, I have a real job) my coworker was being set up with a new computer for her job. To me, this is no big deal since as a Tech, we do this all the time. Now, she […]
How To Crop A Photo In Word
Word is possessed of powerful editing tools that we can use to do more than manage our text. So if you find that you are working with images and pictures, you can access some formatting options to help you out! Crop An Image Follow to
How Much Does Amazon Cost?
This morning I realized I was on my last roll of toilet paper. This wasn’t an emergency since I still had a whole roll to use, but what happened next is relatable to millions across America. I sat down, went on my phone, opened Amazon
How To Copy Pictures From Computer To iPhone
A woman called me and she wanted to download some pictures from her Facebook account to her iPhone. She was going to have them printed up later from some photo service, probably Walmart. I only had remote access to her computer to do this. If
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Fix Key Bounce
A few months back I found a deal on a Corsair Strafe mechanical keyboard. My old keyboard was working OK but I wanted one that lit up the whole keyboard and not only a few keys (like WASD). As you might imagine, I was excited
How To Remove Audio From Video With VLC
I had a small video that I wanted to remove the background audio from before uploading to Facebook. You can do this using VLC. Here’s how. Open VLC and then go to Media (top left-hand corner), then Convert/Save… or press on Ctrl + R. In
Elderly Computing Tip
Computers are all around us no matter what age we are– from young to old. In my experience, many elderly users find it confusing but there’s a way to set up the Desktop and remove a lot of that confusion. Instead of placing a shortcut
How To Unblock Facebook Games In Chrome – Part 2
I wrote before about enabling Flash games on Facebook in Chrome but the only problem is you have to do this every time you open the browser. I was looking for a more permanent fix and I think I found it. It does require using
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How To Activate Windows 10 With Win7/8 Keys
Over the last few months, I’ve installed Windows 10 numerous times on our machines at home, mainly due to major hardware changes such as CPUs and motherboards. My last clean install was when I replaced an ageing Gigabyte 770 motherboard which was paired with a
Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 3719)
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How To Hide The Search Box On Windows 10
I was playing on my laptop the other day and looked at the Taskbar at the bottom of my screen. Nothing new but I wondered if I could make any adjustments to it. The one change I really wanted to change was removing the Search
Document Assembly System In Word
I bet you never thought you had a Document Assembly System in Word! Well, in a manner of speaking, you do and it’s called AutoCorrect! Say you work in a law office and you are at the very bottom of your document and you need
Unchecky Software Fails
A number of people get so much junk and Malware on their systems simply by not paying attention during the installation of certain programs. They click next, next, next one too many times. There are programs that try to protect you from such third-party installations
Windows 10 Quick Tips – Page File Security
When you shut down your computer everything in memory is lost. That’s OK though because it has been saved somewhere– hopefully. The Page File, on the other hand, is kept on your drive which means anyone with access can snoop on what you’ve been doing