Unresponsive Program? Try This Trick to Keep from Losing Data This tip is for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 (all versions) 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 7, 8, and Windows 10… Read More »
Are You Fussy About Keeping Your Desktop Icons In Order? Darcy has a few desktop icons; I have a few also, but hide them. But we noticed that many of you are really fussy about how you arrange your desktop icons. And we don’t recommend Fences or any of those other desktop enhancement utilities/programs because they’re always running… Read More »
Additional Features of File Explorer in Windows 10 The more you know about Windows, the more you realize there is almost always more than one way to accomplish tasks on Windows. For instance, most of you know that Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer in Windows 10, lets you navigate files, folders and drives on your computer, the… Read More »
From Switzerland With Love: Email Privacy Your Way You have to hand it to the Swiss. They always seem to stay out of wars, make great cheese, keep a pristine environment pristine, and, of course, to this day, remain the world’s only country that comes so close to being a true democracy. The USA is a republic, but… Read More »
Save Time With Windows Updates This tip applies to Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703) You know the deal. You get a notice that Windows has downloaded and installed updates and needs to restart your computer. So, being a good Windows user, you restart your computer and you… wait and wait and wait. Sometimes you find you have… Read More »
All About the I We get a lot of email asking about the i. Not i like me, but this i… Do you recognize it? How about this: Or this: What about this? Think of the i in the circle as meaning “informative”. It’s not a “warning”. If you click it you’ll see something like this: This seems… Read More »