No Lock Screen. OK! The lock screen is the screen that covers the sign-in screen. To sign in you have to click or swipe the lock screen first. If you’re using Windows 10 or Windows 11 on a desktop or laptop, does it make sense to click or swipe the lock screen to sign in? Maybe… Read More »
The Next Time a Program is Not Responding Try This Trick to Avoid Losing Data A tip for Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (all versions), and Windows 11 In earlier versions of Windows if a program froze (hung, locked-up) there was nothing you could do about it but kill the program using Task Manager/Processes/End Process. But Windows… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #939 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #939, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, October 8, 2021, at approximately 8:10 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. If you are… Read More »
Microsoft Relents, Shows Users How to Bypass Its Own System Requirements for Windows 11 And all you need is a simple registry change. Microsoft, taking heat for introducing a new version of Windows that wouldn’t work on computers older than a few years, has finally relented. This week, it published a simple registry hack that… Read More »
How to Create a System Restore Point Shortcut This tip works in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The screenshots in this article are from Windows 11 but it works exactly the same in Windows 10. We’re hoping to show that Windows 10 and Windows 11 are kissing cousins. If you can use Windows 10, you… Read More »
How to Change Your DNS Settings And why you might want to Today, we’re going to show you how to change your DNS settings in Windows 10 and Windows 11 and tell you why you may want to. But first, let’s discuss what DNS servers are. Don’t worry – we’re not going to get all technical… Read More »