Three Windows Secrets These tips work in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Copying the content of Windows dialog box Do you want copy the contents of Windows dialog box? Just click anywhere inside the box, press Ctrl + C, open Notepad and press Ctrl+V. Navigate to your “home” folder in Windows The home folder for your… Read More »
Some Computer Advice From EB & TC Folks — a computer is just a machine. You operate it, it does not operate you. Do not make things more difficult by over-thinking things or finding problems where there are none. Most problems are minor annoyances and can be easily corrected. We have seen many folks who find problems that are… Read More »
How to Add “Copy to” and “Move to” to Your Right-click Menu More and more of you are moving to Windows 10. If you’re like us, and you had “Copy to” and “Move to” on your right-click menu, you’re going to miss having it. So, we think this tip will come in very handy for all of you… Read More »
Slimeballs Inc. – The Anatomy of a Scam As someone who, along with Darcy, works on dozens of PCs each week, I can tell you from personal experience there are a lot of people getting scammed every day – and not just for a couple of bucks – but for hundreds of dollars. Sometimes I tend to think… Read More »
Wipe free disk space with a command This tip applies to Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 – Standard Hard Drives Don’t do this if you have a Solid State Hard Drive. By now you know (or you should know) that when you delete files or folders in Windows, they’re not really deleted.… Read More »
Deleted files: Gone but Not Forgotten This post is for all versions of Windows When you “delete” files they’re not really deleted and they’re not taking up any space either. It’s sort of like they’re in purgatory – between existence and non-existence. Kind of like EB! Think of your hard drive as a chalk board. When you erase… Read More »