Virtual/digital assistants have been around for a while now, but with the advent of AI, they’ve become much more widespread and are generally known as AI assistants. But whatever name you give them, from a customer service point of view, they are complete trash! I
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Welcome Back! If you were here with me last week, we talked about connecting to our smart TV wirelessly. You can find that article right here: How To Cast Your Computer To TV Wirelessly This week we are going to change the subject a little.
Here is a new and simple method to skip the Microsoft account requirement during installation and set up a local account. Many Windows 11 users have not been happy with Microsoft’s insistence on signing in via a Microsoft account when setting up Windows, and some
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Who would have thought that your television set would spy on you? I use that old term ‘television set’ intentionally because back in ye olden days, they really were just dumb boxes of cathode ray tubes and capacitors. You also had an alien-looking aerial, a
Every month I receive word from Microsoft about upcoming new Windows 11 features, which I then pass on to you, the readers. We’ve been promised so many new features over the past couple of months, and yet I am not seeing any of them appear
I recently received a notification informing me that my Bitwarden subscription is about to expire. My password manager contains some of my most sensitive data. As readers of my article on the possible enshittification of Bitwarden know, there is a chance that Bitwarden is preparing
Microsoft is adding an age-verification feature to Windows 11 that will allow specific apps to query the user’s age. Australia started the ball rolling on increased protections for minors when that country introduced a social media ban for users under the age of 16. Since
Yes, folks, Daves Computer Tips has provided tech tips, guides, and news for 20 years. Back in 2006, David Hartsock was the go-to computer guru for his circle of family and friends when he decided it might not be a bad idea to share his
Microsoft is going to auto-enable the Memory Integrity security feature on all supported Windows 11 PCs, and I’ll outline what this might mean for you. Memory Integrity is a security feature in Windows that ensures only verified kernel-mode code is loaded, blocking unsigned rootkits and
If you have been reading my weekly How To articles, you saw last week’s on how to disconnect apps from your Facebook account. If not, you can find that one here: How To Disconnect App From Facebook This week I wanted to change gears again
Check out our DCT Forum. There, you can get answers to your computer questions or just hang out and chat with other Forum members. It will also allow you to help others, which is always a nice thing to do. Try it out! Dave’s Computer
Anyone who reads my articles on a regular basis will already be aware that I am not a fan of social media. In fact, in my opinion, social media is a curse on society. It didn’t start off that way, of course, but it was
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There really are so many different things we can do with Excel that lots and lots of people have no idea they can do! Not only that, they save you considerable time, and as everyone knows, I just love saving time! I mean, who wouldn’t
