Making the World a Better Place When I was in high school and later, college, my friends and I all thought the establishment consisted of a bunch of rich, old, gray-haired men who sat upon velvet thrones and decreed idiotic and senseless decrees to the all us peons in the world. We were not going to let that… Read More »
Microsoft Tech Support Scams are Alive and Well The Microsoft tech support scams are on the loose again. In the past week we had five emails from people who were tricked into calling a fake Microsoft number. The fact is that these “Your computer is infected – call this number” popups are simply advertisements superbly disguised (if I… Read More »
How to Find Your Laptop’s Serial Number [Windows 10] Every laptop, regardless of brand, has a unique serial number. You might need your laptop’s serial number to get help from the manufacturer or you may need it when you download drivers from your computer manufacturer’s website. You can usually find your laptop’s serial number on a sticker on… Read More »
Fun Windows 10 Stuff It’s time to take time for some fun stuff. Here are some Windows 10 tricks you might not know. You might even find them useful. Have fun! Desktop Tricks Have you noticed the thin strip at the far-right edge of your taskbar? It looks like this: Did you know if your click it ,… Read More »
3 Windows Tools You Might Not Know This tip is for Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 (all versions) Windows has some really good built-in utilities that are just as good or better than many of the freeware utilities that you’ll find offered for download from many sites. For this article, we’ve picked the three we find… Read More »
Nine Ways to Open Task Manager in Windows 10 Note: Many of these also work in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 too. One of the most important tools in Windows is Task Manager. You can use it to see what processes are running, what processes are taking up the most RAM & CPU, you can check your computer’s… Read More »