Windows 10 Abuse Due to the nature of my business, I am forever installing/uninstalling programs and utilities. I also abuse Windows 10 with settings changes, and I mean constantly. This is probably not what the average user does, but I find it necessary to not […]
Ads and Notifications Microsoft likes to play around with names. Semantics is their game. For example, instead of calling it an “Ad”, they call it a “Suggestion”. What I call “Annoyances”, Microsoft calls, “tips, tricks and suggestions”, or, “Notifications”. Oh, such wit… If you don’t
Annoyances With the Presidential election finally over, I had hoped that my Facebook News Feed would become a kinder, gentler News Feed again but that was apparently a pipe dream. The election is over people. For those of you who voted for President Trump, good for
Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top quality software to our readers. Here’s what’s happening… Running Now! REMINDER: The Duplicate Photo Cleaner contest is still active through February 2, 2017. You still have time to Enter to Win 1 of
Unwanted “Friends” A woman called and told me she had added someone to her Facebook account thinking she knew who it was– it turns out she didn’t. She didn’t like some of the things he was saying and wanted to block him. She had already
Windows Sleep Problems Ever since I first installed Windows 10 on my computer, there has been one niggling, recurring problem– it won’t go to sleep! By searching various forums on the internet and spending countless hours with search engines, I have over time “fixed” this
Start Menu Tiles The full screen Start Menu with Tiles began its life in the now infamous Windows 8. Most people hated it but I think that is mainly because it was such a huge change from the original Start Menu we had been using
Kaspersky Software Updater The very first thing I must do is give thanks to Daniel, our DCT Forums Moderator, for pointing this software out to me. Thanks, buddy! I have used many software updaters during my long years messing around with computers. This one, though,
A New Facebook Facelift As a Facebook enthusiast, I recently noticed something different in my timeline. Instead of the average white text box status update from friends, they were in a variety of colored text boxes. I looked into this to discover it is something
Android Tablet A guy recently bought me his Android tablet and he wanted me to download a few TV programs on it, like The Jefferson’s, Three’s Company and The Cosby Show. I found a few episodes on-line and plugged his tablet into my computer expecting
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Winners of the Duplicate Photo Cleaner Contest Announced! [message type=”success”] And the lucky Winners are: John Hughes Melanie Diehl Nigel Scarth Jeffrey Cross Robert Rozijn Congratulations to the Winners and a big thank you to everyone who participated! [/message] Over the years I have tried
This will undoubtedly be the quickest Quick Tip in Windows 10 Quick Tips history. I always begin these little posts thinking they will be, well, quick. It doesn’t always end up being that way because sometimes I get long-winded, or sometimes the subject matter simply
Free Information My late Father dabbled in genealogy and my Father-In-Law enjoys genealogy as well. I am continuing where my Father left off and find it very interesting, as do many other people I am sure. Therefore, when I hear of genealogy sites to gather
Metadata This is a picture I took. With my camera, from the stone ages, like all of my tech. 🙂 I can tell you the exact date and time: 01/04/2016 5:22 PM I can tell you the exact size: 4320×3240 (4.43 MB) I can tell
