It’s Easy to Scan Your Hard Drive(s) for Errors on Windows 10 Windows 10 lets you scan your hard drive(s) for errors while you use your computer – and it’s easy to do. Open File Explorer (Windows Key + E) . Right-click on your C:\ drive, click “Properties”. When the “Properties” dialog opens, click the “Tools” tab and… Read More »
Search Your Windows Computer Faster As far as I know — or for as long as I can remember, at least — Windows has always had a search feature. It’s not always been very good however. And it’s certainly not the fastest. In Windows XP and Vista, the Windows search feature was not very good and certainly not… Read More »
Uninstall Programs Using the Windows 10 Start Menu We like Geek Uninstaller and Revo Uninstaller, but not all of you want to bother with an uninstaller . Did you know that you can uninstall programs (and some Windows apps) right from the Windows 10 start menu? You can. Well… kind of. Open your Windows 10 Start menu and right-click… Read More »
Converters in Windows Calculator This article applies to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) and Windows 10 April 2018 Update (Version 1803) . Microsoft continues to improve and refine the Windows Calculator. In the Fall Creators Update (and newer versions of Windows 10) Windows Calculator has converters that convert currency currency, length, volume, weight, area, power, speed… Read More »
What Ever Happened to the System Tray? The System Tray is now officially known as the “Notification Area”. But to all of us who’ve been around Windows for a long time, it’s still the “System Tray” to us. Whether you call it the System Tray or the Notification Area, it’s that part of the taskbar which shows your clock… Read More »
Gmailify and Simplify Your Email …Or How to Link Other Accounts to Your Gmail Account and Get All of Gmail’s Features We’ve been touting Gmail’s reliability and security for a long time. We use it for personal emails as well as our business emails – and we’ve never been disappointed. Gmail’s security is second-to-none and their spam filtering… Read More »