The Windows Recycle Bin has been around for a long time and I must say, it is a great idea. It helps protect us from ourselves in so many ways. It allows us to delete stuff willy-nilly and retrieve it once we realize that we […]
It’s only been eight days since July’s Patch Tuesday (the 10th) and already Microsoft is patching its patches. I don’t know how true this is, but I think I read somewhere that Windows is over-encumbered with perhaps millions of lines of unused code, but Microsoft
Many of us have a Netflix subscription or we know someone who does (from whom some of you may borrow the service). The main reason I started subscribing was for the show, Stranger Things. (Yes, the show is awesome and they should hurry up with
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Earlier in the year a new expat customer phoned and asked me to look at her PC as her Skype and Facebook calls were dropping off. I was only too delighted to help particularly since I had been recommended to her by word of mouth
Paragraph On Same Page For some types of documents you may not wish your paragraphs to smoothly flow from one page to the next. Rather, you may want to make sure that any given paragraph appears all on one page or another. Many times this
Passwords And PINs Passwords are a secret. They are a secret you share with any one of the estimated 200 million active websites on today’s Internet. (There are actually over 1.8 billion, but by far most of these — roughly 75% — are placeholder, or
Since using Hulu there are some features that I have found helpful. When you have kids, trying to hear a movie or show can be very hard to do. The nice thing about this service is they give you the choice to turn on closed
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Recently we decided to try out Hulu and I think I like it. We all know Netflix, but have you ever thought about trying something other than cable or Netflix? This came about because we’re trying to cut back on expenses and found out that
The captioning feature in Word will allow you to define custom labels for use in your captions. As time goes by though, you may not need a certain caption label any longer and it is always a good thing to keep a tidy “house.” Follow
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
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
