Why you should always have data recovery software already on hand. Data recovery software is not generally considered as being essential and is more of an on-demand type of software. However, too many people make the mistake of waiting to download data recovery software until […]
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The Benefits Of Using Dual Account System How using separate Admin and Standard User Sign Ins can improve your safety. A dual account system means having two user accounts: one with administrative privileges and one without. It is recommended to use your standard account on
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Ashampoo Backup Pro 26 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 given DCT five licenses for its Backup Pro 26 software. These licenses are currently each
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Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Aiarty has provided us with five licenses for five lucky DCT readers who enter this Aiarty Video Enhancer giveaway contest. These
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Unexpected shutdowns are not common, but if you happen to be working on a project at the time – compiling a partially completed Word document, for example – all that work to date will be lost. “Restartable Apps” is a little-known feature in both Windows
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Ashampoo Action Click Ashampoo has offered our readers a chance to win a copy of its NEW Action Click utility. We have five licenses to give away to some lucky winners. These licences are currently valued at $20.00 (US), but you can get it at
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The other day, a lady phoned me to say that she couldn’t open any programs on her PC, which was running Windows 11, with the message: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. This
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Defragmentation and Trim are both methods to optimize a drive; the former is used to optimize HDDs and the latter to optimize SSDs. Windows includes a feature that automatically optimizes drives; the feature is enabled and set to weekly optimization by default. Windows identifies each
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The other day, my wife came home with a couple of laptops belonging to a close friend of hers. The task was to remove all their personal data so that she could either sell them or give at least one of them to a deserving
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All antivirus solutions will occasionally flag a harmless file as being malicious, and these instances are generally known as false positives. The problem with antivirus software is that it is unable to distinguish between the potential for malicious use and actual malicious use, so it
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