False Alarm! Why Windows 11 Keeps Saying Your Antivirus Is Off Windows 11’s built-in security program, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, is a solid pick for keeping you safe. Best of all, it’s readily installed and running the moment you boot up the OS for the first time. Which is why, if you’ve been getting spammed by notifications claiming that… Read More »
Three Windows 11 Power Moves for You 1. The Multi-Copy “Superpower” (Clipboard History) The Problem: You copy text #1, then copy text #2 before pasting, and text #1 is gone forever. The Fix: Windows has a hidden memory bank for everything you copy! How to use it: Press Windows Key + V. What happens: A small menu pops… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 082926 After a long health struggle and nearly 3 weeks in the hospital, I am back and hopefully on the road to recovery. I am go glad to be back! Autumn is 3 weeks away… to me it seemed like summer lasted 3 weeks. Today, as we do (almost) every Saturday, we’re… Read More »
The Hidden “Emergency Restart” Feature in Windows 11 We’ve all been there: the computer screen freezes, and nothing works. The keyboard and screen are frozen, and the computer is unresponsive. So, the only option was to shut down the PC using the power button and then restart. But did you know that there’s a hidden feature in Windows… Read More »
How to Shutdown or Restart Your PC Without Installing Updates All too often, you might be packing up your laptop or closing down your desktop in a bit of a rush, only to click the Start menu and find that your usual power options have been replaced by Update and Shut Down or Update and Restart. Windows… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 080126 Today begins the final full month of summer – if you’re of the meteorological type, autumn begins September 1. Either way, summer is (like all of us) running out of time. And like we do every Saturday, we’re featuring some of the questions and answers from past issues of our InfoAve… Read More »