My Friend At first, I pretended. I tricked myself into thinking it didn’t matter much that you were no longer my friend. Sometimes I make life too complicated: We were good friends and then we weren’t – it’s as simple as that. It’s kind of like being told you have a terminal illness – at first,… Read More »
Norton 360 Installs a Crypto Miner on PCs by Default We picked up the following story this morning from ghacks and wanted to pass it along to you. As most of you know, we’ve never been fans of Norton for many reasons, not the least of which is that’s its protection against common malware isn’t even… Read More »
The Windows Cipher Command Wipe free disk space with a simple command and make deleted files unrecoverable This tip is for Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 By now you know that when you delete files or folders in Windows, they’re not really deleted. Not even close. Deleting a file or folder merely tells Windows… Read More »
Open Programs and a lot More with Taskbar Search This article applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11. A couple of days ago, I wrote an article about zipping through the start menu and came under fire from people who didn’t agree with my way of opening programs. Several commented on the article, others emailed me,… Read More »
Handy Shortcuts for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (and Other Browsers Too) NOTE: If you don’t have Chrome — or don’t use Edge — don’t worry. Many of these shortcuts work in Firefox and other browsers as well. The best way to find out if they work in your browser of choice is to try them.… Read More »
Zip Through Your Start Menu Faster This tip works in Windows 10 and Windows 11 (Start/All apps). The other day I was working on our newsletter and I needed to open MS Word. Well, I don’t have a shortcut for it simply because I have so many shortcuts already – and I hide my desktop shortcuts… Read More »