Someone wrote to me recently complaining that “Excel keeps changing my numbers to dates!” Obviously, they wanted to know why and if they could fix it and fix it permanently. I have to be honest so full disclosure here – I do not use Excel […]
Protected Data We all have data that is best kept protected. If you were ever hacked it would be nice to know that your personal data like tax returns, health records, Deeds, Wills, private photos, or anything you always want is secure. Personal Vault Limitation
Did you know that millions of people in rural America have a DSL Internet service of between 25- 40Mbps, a quarter of a million still use dial-up and 13 million don’t have Internet access at all? There are probably similar figures for other countries,
This is an area that continues to frustrate me because, despite all the good advice over many years to help folk avoid getting scammed, millions of innocent victims are still losing millions of dollars each year to scammers. Some time ago we published an article
Ubisoft May Close Your Account Ubisoft is a French video game publisher and developer famous for the Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy franchises. I’ve had a Ubisoft account for more than 10 years and have around two dozen games in my Ubisoft Connect
The people behind the Brave browser, which is widely recognized as the most private of the mainstream browsers, recently introduced a new privacy-centric search engine that is available for all browsers. Initially, the Brave search engine relied on Bing for around 7% of its search
Giveaways & Contests Dave’s Computer Tips is working hard to bring top-quality software to our readers. Please note that none of the upcoming contests and giveaways are etched in stone. Changes may be made to this list at any time. Here’s what’s happening… Running Now!
During the week, I like to go on the DCT YouTube channel and try to answer some questions. This week I was given a request by one of our viewers. After they watched a how-to video called, “How To Find Amazon Video Purchase”, in which
I was called by a guy who had problems printing a document. He was trying to print a document but the printer selection box was completely blank. It would give me a message about installing a printer first but when I clicked on the “Find
What??? You have never heard of percontation and its use in Microsoft Office? Well, you are definitely not alone. I too had never heard of it but then I saw an article that someone had posted and became educated in that regard. Although percontation sounds
I know a lot of our readers are long-time Windows users who have been through the entire gamut of Windows operating systems, as have I. I wonder why it is that these operating systems seem to alternate between good and bad. Windows XP – Good
True to form, Elon Musk, that divisive maverick, pulls yet another rabbit from the hat and ditches the Twitter bird for a cold and angular X. Twitter aficionados are up in arms as are many journalists and PR czars who reckon that Mr Musk is
It’s been quite some time since we last published our “best of freeware” list but, in all honesty, with new and/or innovative freeware as scarce as rocking horse manure, nothing much has changed. In most cases, the old staple favorites continue to dominate their genre.
Hi there, In January, we updated YouTube monetisation terms to enable new ways for partners to grow and earn money on the platform. As mentioned in our previous email, we are terminating your YouTube Partner Programme (YPP) contract because your terms are no longer up
