All About Windows 10 Action Center One of the least used and understood features of Windows 10 is the Action Center. It’s true that the Action Center is a notification area where you’ll see App notifications, notifications that your hard drives need attention, or a Windows Update is pending – and other app notifications, etc. But at the… Read More »
Using Control Panel to Set Your Default Programs in Windows 10 Most of you who’ve been using Windows 10 for any length of time, most of you are using–>System—>Default Apps… to change your default browser, email program, etc. And that’s how Microsoft wants you to change them – if you really want to change them – of course,… Read More »
Dark Theme in Windows 10 Anniversary Edition Windows 10 (Anniversary Update installed) When you’re on the computer as much as we are, sometimes we find it easier on the eyes to switch to the Windows 10 “dark theme”. If you don’t have the Windows 10 anniversary edition installed, it requires a registry hack to use the dark theme,… Read More »
Take Control Of Google & Get Help Too This is for those using Windows, Android, Chrome and Apple operating systems. Google has a help center that is really helpful. Did you know when you search using Google, when you’re signed in to your Google, your searches are saved online. Indeed they are, and clearing your browser’s history won’t… Read More »
How Are Your Hard Drives? This tip will work in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Almost all hard drives these days have a feature called SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) which monitors your hard drive(s) for errors. Periodically checking your SMART data is kind of like looking into a hard drive crystal ball. You can… Read More »
Save Any Web Page As a PDF File PDF files are great because they save the integrity of the document you’re copying (or printing). We did this tutorial using Chrome, but if you’re using Windows 10 you can do it with any browser as we’ll explain at the end of this post. If you’re using Chrome you can… Read More »