Eugene Kasperksy, founder of the Kasperksy security software company, has recently published a long diatribe, aptly titled “That’s It. I’ve Had Enough!“, slamming Microsoft for the integration and actions of Windows Defender which he claims constitutes anti-competitive behavior. Let’s dissect a number of Mr. Kaspersky’s […]
A Snappier Windows 10 Does your Windows 10 computer seem a little sluggish? Does it take a long time to boot up and hit the desktop? Do the menu systems seem to respond poorly? Here are some ways to help infuse new life into an
The Annoying Double-Click When you use your mouse to click on something, whether it be a button, link, or scroll-bar, you intend it to click once. Older mice will sometimes send an unwanted double-click instead. This can lead to all sorts of frustration. Two browser
Most users have particular folders that they tend to access more frequently. In my case, for example, due to my writing commitments, I work with the Pictures and Downloads folders far more than any other folders. Fortunately, Windows 10 provides three distinct methods for quick
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Constant SSD Writes It is a well-known fact that Solid State Drives (SSD) have a singular number of available write operations before they “die”. Firefox compounds that problem with its restore option. Firefox has a feature allowing it to recover from crashes. This is a
Just recently I worked on a client’s Windows 10 laptop which had fallen victim to two nasty and persistent infections. One was the Web-start.org browser hijacker and the other a rogue PC optimizer program which randomly initiated a scareware popup. The first thing I did
Did you ever wonder if you could change the color of your Facebook page or even add an image to the background? If you have, then you have come to the right place. As with any computer app, software or web browser there is most
Forza Motorsport 6 Apex (PC) FREE What could be more exciting than tearing around the streets of Rio de Janeiro in an Aston Martin whilst enjoying panoramic views of The Sugarloaf and Copacabana Beach? Well this is exactly what you’ll get and much more in
Here at Dave’s Computer Tips, we harp on making backups. Dedicated readers know how critical this is to safeguarding your data and, for that matter, your entire system, from being compromised in a multitude of sinister ways. But how about your Windows Registry? We are
PowerPoint makes it easy for you to create streamlined presentations that always look as if they had been professionally done. One way in which they do that is by providing you with design templates, which are formatted themes with their own backgrounds, fonts, and styles.
Shopping around My recent article, Five Reasons Why Microsoft Store Sucks, not only highlighted some of the shortcomings of that particular online store, but also made reference to other means of obtaining keys for software, notably games. I found myself in a kind of
Converting an Image to Text I was cleaning up my computer by backing up some older documents and other stuff by and then deleting them from my system. I came across a humorous graphic called, “15 Most Computer Illiterate People Ever. How Is It Possible
Book Nerd Confession Time I am a Book Nerd. With a capital “B” and a capital “N.” I wholeheartedly embrace my nerdiness and am only slightly apologetic for knowing what is going on in TV Land. I only watch NCIS on TV because I think
