Pi Day
Overview March 14, 3/14, or 3.14 is Pi Day. Those who live in countries that write the date backward may disagree and claim that Pi Day is 22 July (22 divided by 7). When I was young, I found the history of pi interesting, and […]
Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 1023)
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… Expired! Ashampoo
How To Turn On Or Off Dark Mode Android
This week I thought I would talk about my Android phone. When I was using my last phone, the Samsung Galaxy A20, I liked to have it set to Dark mode when using it. Found that to be easier on my eyes than the default
DisplayFusion Overview & Giveaway
Binary Fortress DisplayFusion Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Binary Fortress has generously offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for this
LastPass Breach Caused By Remote Employee
LastPass is a popular password manager that has suffered more than its fair share of data breaches. Information has now come to light regarding the latest LastPass data breach which was reported here by our own John Durso in December: LastPass Hacker Gets Vault Data
How To Turn On The Ruler In Word 365
You get a new version of Microsoft Word and boom! Nothing is the same as it was before! You cannot find your ruler! Try as you might, it seems to have disappeared. Or, you never had your ruler showing in your older version of Word!
Top 6 Microsoft PowerToys – Update
Overview Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities developed by Microsoft for use with the Windows operating system. These programs add or change features to improve productivity or add customization. A while ago, I wrote about Microsoft PowerToys and my Top 5 Microsoft PowerToys. In
How To Convert Handwriting To Text In OneNote
So you wrote down all your notes and you did so with handwriting. Now you want to use these same notes in a paper that needs to be handed in at school and it must be in text. Well, you certainly do not want to
How To Repair Avast Corrupted Notifications
The only thing worse than popups is corrupted popups or Notifications. I’m referring to the ones from my anti-virus program, Avast. Here’s what pops up if I go to a site with something suspicious on it. There used to be an X in the top
How To Reactivate Skype Credit
There was a time when I used Skype quite extensively and I’ve had an account with it for well over a decade. However, with the likes of WhatsApp and others, all my calls are usually app-to-app over WiFi and therefore free. But landline calls, such
How Much Security Is Enough?
I’ve maintained for a long time that the more computer savvy a user is the more security savvy that user generally is. In other words, the best security is what’s between the user’s ears. I’ve also stated on many occasions that the vast majority of
How To Set Up Word/Excel AutoSave Without OneDrive
Overview I was working on a Word document and stepped away from my computer, and when I came back hours later, I saw that my Word document had not been automatically saved. Incredibly, Word (and Excel) will only AutoSave to Microsoft OneDrive or SharePoint. Despite displaying
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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0923)
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… Giveaway! Ashampoo
How To Change Minecraft In-Game Name
This week we are going to jump back in with a new gaming ‘How-to.’ If you follow me, you might have noticed that I play video games with my kids. The reason I bring this up is recently my son asked me a question. He