No Clean Install A Solid State Drive (SSD) is still the single-most, best, bang for the buck upgrade you can make for your desktop PC or laptop. Migrating Windows (or any operating system) from a mechanical hard drive (“spinner”) to an SSD is a pretty […]
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A lot has been written about Windows 11 but what many pundits are missing are the technical requirements needed to upgrade to Microsoft’s new operating system which are causing quite a deal of confusion. Microsoft lists system requirements for Windows 11 as follows (source): Processor:
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I read an article this morning from a pretty prominent purveyor of Microsoft Office “how-to” articles. The title of the article caught my eye and so I read it. I am sad to say that articles like this one are why it is so difficult
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I see articles on Linux and most of them seem to indicate that there’s a big learning curve. Very few seem to talk about how easy it is to slip from using Windows to using Linux with many of the distributions and still do all
Ashampoo Backup Pro 15 Winners Announced! The winners will be notified by email. Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest. Our friends at Ashampoo have generously offered us five licenses for their Backup Pro 15 software. These licenses are valued at $49.99 (US)
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Whether using Windows 10, a Chromebook, an iPad, a smartphone, or a Linux platform, we are all using a browser. As long as we can get to it we can utilize all of the websites and web applications that we need. I have helped
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If you’re suddenly seeing a new weather widget displayed on the Taskbar chances are you’ve recently installed update KB5003637. Apparently, Microsoft first announced this impending new widget back in April 2021 and started delivering it as part of the May Update. However, for some reason,
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Made up of millions of lines of code, Windows 10 is a complex beast. With complexity comes the ever-increasing odds of failures. If you’ve never experienced Windows failing, then you are truly a blessed person. On the other hand, if you are one of the
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PortableApps is a platform for installing portable applications on a flash drive that you can take with you anywhere. Everything offered by PortableApps is free and safe, from the platform itself to the many portable applications available. Of course, you don’t necessarily need to be
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