I removed a hard drive from one of my computers. There was nothing wrong with it; I just put it in another computer. I had some shared folders on that drive that were still showing up in my Network so I decided to remove them. […]
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Most have grown accustomed to Command Prompt and, more recently, PowerShell. Windows 11 introduces a new alternative called Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is built into Windows 11 but is also available for Windows 10 as a Microsoft Store app. What Is Windows Terminal “Windows Terminal
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I recently bought my sister’s old tower. It’s a Gateway DX4380 with 6GB of memory. She hasn’t used it for years and it had an old version of Windows 10 installed which I updated to the latest version. When I set up my computers, I
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Basic Computing – System File Checker Computers can be extremely frustrating at times, especially when those fiendish gremlins cause silly little issues that seem to pop up out of the blue. You’ve probably heard the advice many times to Restart the system to resolve these
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Recently, I had to change a Registry setting that was protected by Windows. This happens rarely but there are times that I want to do something that Windows chokes on. I am not one to give up when it comes to computer problems. I had
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Sometimes I want to open a command prompt to a certain folder. In my example, I want to open a CMD prompt to the folder Downloads on my E drive. I could just open up CMD prompt that defaults to C:\Users\Terry and then navigate to
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Using the Command Prompt to turn off your Windows 10 computer will provide more options and flexibility than just using the Start menu and clicking the power button. There are several methods to shut down your computer in Windows 10. Below, you will learn the
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Command Prompt is Missing The recent Windows 10 Creators Update has struck again. This time, it is in the form of a missing Command Prompt entry in the WinX Menu (Windows Key + X). It has been replaced by the Power Shell and that is
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When I get a post published on Dave’s Computer Tips I like to save a copy in .mhtml format. “MHTML, short for MIME HTML, is a web page archive format used to combine in a single document the HTML code and its companion resources that
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*Applies to Windows 7/8.1/10 – this tutorial explains the steps in Windows 10 but it is very similar in Windows 7 and 8.1. We’ve seen lots of appearance changes and innovations introduced with each new Windows operating system but one thing has remained constant throughout,
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