11 Windows Tips The following quick tips work on Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 Change computer time: Right mouse click on the clock in your system tray (lower far right) or right click in system tray and choose “adjust date and time”. On Windows 10 double-click the clock, then click “Date and time settings” at the… Read More »
Weather or not you like Windows 10 apps Yes, we know, it’s whether. But really, it’s not. It’s weather. The stuff of novels and movies and warnings and car accidents and wonder and rainbows and you know all the stuff that weather brings and inspires. Whether or not you like Windows 10 apps, we have a feeling if… Read More »
Trim the horns of Microsoft’s snoopy monster (Windows 10) Are you running Windows 10? Are you paranoid? Afraid Microsoft is going to gather up too much info on you and then use it against you when your data becomes reincarnated as The Ghost of Your Privacy Future? Or Are you just concerned that maybe Microsoft’s altruism – giving… Read More »
How to add “Open a command window here” to your right-click menu in Windows 10 (Note: If you’re looking for the freeware pick called TreeSize, click here.) In a previous tip, we quickly learned that a lot of folks don’t have “Open a command window here” listed in their right-click context menu. For most you you, you’ll rarely… Read More »
Turn on Windows 10 Spotlight and get a lot of great desktop wallpaper If you’re not paranoid about Microsoft snooping and you like beautiful pictures you can use for desktop wallpaper, this tip is for you. First, when you turn Windows Spotlight on, Microsoft will download, randomly, new backgrounds for your lockscreen. So you’ll not only have the… Read More »
Winter Winter is death incarnate. Its bleak sullen skies and early sunsets, stir up a morose soup that seeps deep into my soul sadly and lingers there.I can’t digest it.I can’t shake it. I can’t get rid of it. The darkness is everywhere. Even the melancholy morning sun mourns and yearns for spring. But in our eternal disregard… Read More »