If you’ve upgraded your PC to Windows 10, you may have noticed a folder in the root of C drive (your system drive) called “Windows.old”: This folder contains files and data relating to your old installation, the operating system you upgraded from, and is what […]
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VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) have been rapidly gaining popularity among users, and for very good reasons. A VPN service offers far greater levels of privacy and anonymity as well as helping overcome geolocation blocking. Firetrust, creator of the outstanding MailWasher program, has now joined the
Etiquette on the Internet (Netiquette) If you are reading this, you are one of many millions that read blogs and forums online and there is a good chance that like others, you respond to what you read. In this group I am including, Twitter, Facebook
As you know, when you select a cell in your worksheet in Excel, you can see the contents of that cell in your Formula Bar. If, however, the content is longer that what can be displayed in a single line on your Formula Bar, the
Upgrading to Windows 10 can be a daunting prospect for many users, especially without knowing whether or not some of their favorite programs and/or games will still work properly with the new operating system. Introducing Microsoft Compatibility Center which many of you may not be
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Cooler master Storm Trooper Full Tower Case When size matters You know that feeling when you see an object of desire in a shop window and it seems to beckon to you and whisper buy me, buy me? Well, this is exactly what happened
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Is This the Silliest Study Conclusion Ever? News is circulating about scientists from the Netherlands and Canada who conducted a study of the relationship between alcohol consumption and hangovers. The study came to the brilliant conclusion that ‘the only way to avoid a hangover is
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Per capita, Australians are the biggest downloaders of pirated material in the world As the Australian government moves ever closer to enacting legislation aimed at preventing, or at least slowing the downloading of pirated material, a new study by consumer advocacy group Choice has come
Following the bizarre and quite frankly, cruel announcement that Rise of The Tomb Raider would be an Xbox exclusive, gamers around the world rose up, pounced on their mice and shouted in a very loud collective voice that all was not well in the corporate world
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Much has been written about some of the negative aspects of Windows 10, including a lot of “mountain out of a molehill” type sensationalist stories. While we here at DCT will certainly inform you if there is actually anything to be concerned about, we tend
What is thermal margin? Over the years I’ve used both Intel and AMD processors and whichever monitoring utility I’ve used, it has always reported the real temperatures at core and socket. Since upgrading one of my PCs from an AMD Phenom II 965 to an
This tip may not be for everyone, but for those who write macros in VBA and have a need for it, it will certainly be appreciated. Sometimes when you are creating a macro in VBA, there comes a time when you need to determine the
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If you are anything like me, you have lost your phone at least once and if you are really like me, you have lost (misplaced) it more than once. It can be a little scary thinking about not getting it back. It is not like
Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to quickly open locations and implement actions. However, there are just so many of them, it’s often difficult to remember exactly which combination does what. With that in mind; here’s a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts that I put
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