SafePad – A Safe Haven for Stuff You Don’t Want People to See This is a freeware pick – and it works with all known Windows versions. EB might have an unknown Windows version, so I don’t know about her. Just you never mind! After harping and harping for years about why you need a good password manager… Read More »
Microsoft Warning Users That the Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer is Ending Soon If you’re using an upgradeable version of Windows (Windows 8.1, Windows 7 SP1) you may start seeing this Microsoft reminder: Sorry to interrupt, but this is important. Windows 10 free upgrade offer ends July 29. Microsoft is starting to remind users that its free upgrade to… Read More »
More Features of Windows 10’s File Explorer 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 way… Read More »
Our Special Holiday Weekend Sale Continues Our 4th of July Weekend Sale starts today – you can save big on some of our most popular software and services. The prices and packages below are good though July 5, 2016 or while supplies last. Genie Timeline Home 2016 Back-up On Sale $20 off! Get the best and easiest to… Read More »
Changing the Name of your Computer This tip works on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10/ It’s really easy to change the name of your computer. Here’s a fast way to do it. 1. Press Windows key + R 2. Type sysdm.cpl and press Enter 3. You’ll see a dialog appear like the one below:… Read More »
Windows 10 Start Menu Tricks Here are some things you might not know about the Windows 10 start menu. 1. Did you know you can open the start menu by pressing the Windows key? 2. Did you know if you are searching for something, you can search by start typing with the start menu open? Try it. You… Read More »