I have written about the pitfalls of online shopping previously but with Christmas around the corner and more and more people shopping online, I thought it might be timely to repeat some of the steps to help consumers avoid a disappointing, or even disastrous, online […]
I wrote before about my cable setup with streaming capabilities built in. I can stream media from my computer through my cable box to my TV. But before my TV can detect any media, the folders have to be added to the Windows Libraries. This
A man called me because he was having trouble with a streaming news website. The video would play for a while and then crash with the error message: The video file cannot be played. (Error Code: 232011) From research, this is more than likely a
Sharing Your Photos Social Media is not the only way to share photos. There are safer and more practical ways. Sometimes your photos are only meaningful to a select group of people. Being able to store and share groups of photos on a secure cloud
Karim Toubba, the CEO of LastPass, just announced that LastPass was recently breached. LastPass was also breached in August of 2022. This incident appears to be related to the August 2022 incident. LastPass detected unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service, which is currently
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! Audials
Ashampoo Backup Pro 17 Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Ashampoo has generously offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five copies of their
If you are like me you probably have an Amazon account. My family has some services, like Prime and Amazon kids, set up as auto-pay. This is nice to not have to remember to pay it every month. The reason I bring this up is
Macrium Reflect is popular imaging/backup software that has been available in free and commercial editions. However, the parent company, Paramount Software, has recently announced that the Macrium Reflect Free version will be retired as of 1st January 2024. The current free version (v8) is the
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself very easily distracted. If I am at home, I may lose a little time, but if I am at work it can create big problems. I feel lucky that Microsoft Word has a variety of
As the old joke goes – “You wouldn’t download a car, would you?” Well, in theory, you could, by choosing the colour and other options when ordering the vehicle online. But this appears to have sparked greed on the part of some car manufacturers by
You are trying to connect to a website and having an issue. Is the problem with the website, or is it with your setup? This just happened to me. Here is the error I received when trying to log into a bank account. Here is
During my many years as a salesman in the UK and Europe back in the 80s and 90s, a big map was indispensable, along with The Three Ps (phone, pee, and park). Clearly, this was long before the age of smartphones and digital maps, and
It’s a known fact that when you buy software and games, you’re paying for a license to access them. But most people don’t expect said software and games to be pulled from the market indefinitely, even though you, as the customer, paid good money for
