Ad Tracking Focused ad tracking is a “feature” included in Windows 10. It creates an Advertising ID specific to you, and allows both Microsoft and advertisers to track your internet surfing habits so when they throw ads in your face, they are targeted at you. […]
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Windows 10 Updates Troubles This happened on my neighbor’s computer. I was trying to help them with their issues on an Acer desktop running Windows 10 64-bit. Their computer updated on the night before, or early morning on October 1, and the update got stuck
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If you are like me, you share your eBay account with your spouse and/or children. Yes, some of us have to share. With me searching for holiday gifts it made me think I might want to clear my browsing history on the eBay account. Don’t
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Outlook Attachments If you have recently worked on something, there is no need to search for it. It is most likely already on the Attach File menu. Follow the steps below to learn more: Save a file in any Office application. Press CTRL + N
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Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge is the default browser installed in Windows 10. Let’s just say that when it first materialized, it was not ready for prime time– not even close. It did have one stand-out ability, though. It rendered pages quickly and beautifully. The text
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Dumbing down — the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games and culture This is precisely what Playground Games, creators of newly released Forza Horizon 4, in cahoots with their masters at Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios, have embedded
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Net Neutrality If you believe that you have as much right of having the same internet speed, availability, and privacy as anyone else, you are more than likely a fan of Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality was and is a founding principle that has been part
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Recently, I was trying to sell some items on Facebook (yes, they allow you to do that). This allows many people to look at your items and post questions, even some people who might not speak the same language as you. This can make it
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My major gaming rig upgrade cycle comes around every four or five years, but would probably be more frequent if I had pots of money, which I don’t. And by major upgrade, I mean the motherboard and CPU which, without exception always means a new Windows
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When you are working in academia, law offices, insurance offices, etc., there may be times when you do not want to clear all the tab stops in the document you are working on– you only want to clear some of them. Selectively Clear Tab Stops
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UWP Apps figure prominently on today’s modern Windows operating systems, and can indeed accumulate to monstrous proportions. A main rule of thumb I tend to spout quite often is, “if you don’t use it, lose it”. Granted, drive space, even SSD space, is no longer
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