Recently, someone in my neighborhood became a Comcast subscriber because my Mac has been automatically logging into a public network “xfinitywifi.” Whenever I’d open Safari, I would be taken to the ‘Join “xfinitywifi”‘ webpage. Pretty annoying. Oh, yeah, there’s that whole inadvertent ‘stealing’ thing, too. I would switch […]
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So, about 3 or 4 weeks ago, in my Windows 10 Insider Preview build, I started getting this message through Update & Security… “There’s a problem with getting preview builds. Your preview build settings need attention. Go to Advanced options to fix this issue.” I
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One of the first things I do when I set up a new computer (or even an old one) is change the Recycle Bin settings. One of the biggest concerns with the Recycle Bin is the hard drive space that it wastes. I also find
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Remember the bad old days when we used to go make a cup of coffee while waiting for the PC to boot up? Over the years things have improved dramatically with the introduction of faster and better dual and quad core processors, faster and better
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Just had a call from a guy whose Aunt lost her desktop icons on a Windows 10 laptop. My first suggestion was just right-clicking on the desktop, clicking on View and then checking Show desktop icons. However, in this case, it didn’t seem to be
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WonderFox has partnered with various software developers to present a mega Christmas giveaway involving 13 different titles – all free. Offer expires January 8th 2016. Products: WonderFox DVD Video Converter: Provides total multimedia solution to rip DVD & convert video & download YouTube video and
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Digiarty is currently running a special Christmas promotion which includes a giveaway of its MacX Video Converter Pro software – 1000 free copies per day until 31st December. Best all-in-one video converter for Mac to download, convert, edit and record videos. With 320+ video and
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If you use Windows Live Mail to manage emails from an outlook.com or hotmail.com account you’ve probably recently received an email from Microsoft announcing forthcoming changes that will prevent the system from working properly and exhorting you to either install a patch (download link included)
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I have been looking at ways to make our life simpler as well as cut expenditures we do not need. Currently we have basic Cable television, Hi-speed Internet, Unlimited Long distance/Internet phone with our local cable TV company. We don’t have any sort of contract
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Facebook knows how to appeal to the Star Wars fans. With the release of the Star Wars stickers I think I might be using the sticker feature more often. I have never really been in to using the stickers on my Facebook comments but with
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An outlook e-mail Quick Part is a block of text that you can insert in your e-mail message. You can use Quick Parts for information that you frequently use. Instead of reinventing the wheel each time you need it, create a Quick Part instead! If
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Back in early November Microsoft announced a number of drastic changes to its OneDrive cloud storage service. Included among those changes, due to take effect early next year, was a reduction of the 15GB free storage to just 5GB and abolishing the camera roll bonus
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With some fanfare, technology company AMD, maker of popular computer graphics cards, processors and other computer components, announced a new driver software and a new name for their video drivers, replacing the Catalyst drivers that have driven their graphics cards for many years. The new
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Get ready for some upsetting news: the only way to ensure security in the modern world is to have distinct passwords for every online login system. The majority of online identity theft occurs when a common password is used for several sites. You might have
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