System Reset and Refresh get married in Windows 10 In Windows 8x a lot of changes were made and many were not well accepted. However, one little known feature of Windows 8x was improved in Windows 10. In Windows 8x there was a System Refresh and a System Reset and the few people who knew about it were… Read More »
Make Cortana use Google Instead of Bing search (and how to set a default browser in Windows 10) [Page updated on 6/28/2018] We’ve removed this tip because it does not work in Windows 10 versions released after April 2016. Hopefully you’re not still using an unsupported version of Windows 10. If you would like your Cortana searches to… Read More »
Windows 10 has a time machine — it’s called File History Windows 10 has a feature called File History which allows you to restore accidentally deleted, altered or corrupted files, quickly and easily. First, before you can take advantage of the Windows time machine – File History – you must turn it on. There are two ways to… Read More »
“Copy to” and “move to” revisited…and reg files explained A little while ago we posted an article on how to add Copy to and Move to, to the Windows right-click menu. You can read the original article here. Here’s an excerpt from that post: If you’ve ever wanted to move a file from, let’s say, Drive C to a… Read More »
Secure your laptop This is a tip for all laptop users regardless of operating system. If you love low-tech tips, you’ll love these. Here are two simple things you can do to shore up your laptop to prevent access to the most private parts of your life. These are simple and basic tips — and while they may seem… Read More »
A Privacy Advocate Gives You the Facts About Windows 10 For everyone using Windows 10 or thinking about upgrading to Windows 10 It’s a bad situation when misinformation rules so much of the Web. Not many cared about Windows 8 because it was such a flop. But Windows 10 is being adopted at a record rate – there… Read More »