Take Ctrl of Your Computer! We know you all want more Ctrl over your computer, right? Well, here are some Ctrl key shortcuts that will save you time and trouble. Ctrl+F = Find something on a page – in a browser, text editor, PDF editor, ebook, etc. To remember this easily, think F = FIND. Ctrl+P = Print… Read More »
Global Warming and Me If you’re thinking this is going to be a political rant about the melting ice caps in the Arctic you are wrong. Honestly, I haven’t given much thought to about global warming. so I didn’t know what to think. Let’s face it – I’m old and not likely to be living when alligators roam… Read More »
How to Change Your Profile Picture On Windows 10 Most people use a profile picture on their Windows 10 user account, but they seldom change it once the account has been set up. But did you you know it’s easy to change your user account profile picture? And you don’t have to use your own photo, you can… Read More »
Sticky Notes 3.0 Microsoft has been slowly improving Windows 10 Sticky Notes. And while it lacks some of the features of other sticky notes programs, Microsoft continues to improve Sticky Notes in Windows 10. With Sticky Notes 3.0, if you log in with a Microsoft account, you’ll be able to share your sticky notes in the “cloud”. Here… Read More »
You Don’t Need a Driver and That’s a Start Or– Driver Updaters: Good For Nothing Whenever I write about drivers, I can hear the Beatles’ song “Drive My Car” echoing in my brain. I think of the line that goes — “But I’ve got a driver and that’s a start.” And that’s a perfect segue into the article… Read More »
VirusTotal Often we’ll get email from someone asking us if a file/program is safe. And sometimes we’ll feature a freeware pick and we’ll have people tell us that their antivirus program found a “virus” or something else wrong with it. And other times, we’ll recommend something that will make Windows’ crazy “SmartScreen” go wild with all kinds of… Read More »