Three Tips for Windows 8x Make a Windows 8 app tile larger or smaller Right-click the tile you want to change. (If you’re using a touchscreen tap and hold the tile.) This adds a check mark to the upper-right corner of the tile and displays the options bar at the bottom of your screen. Now click or tap… Read More »
Forest Wander Who doesn’t like beautiful pictures of nature, besides EB? She doesn’t like anything. But really, who doesn’t like looking at beautiful photos of forests, mountains, flowers, wildlife, landscapes, etc.? This Cloudeight Site Pick features hundreds of high-resolution photos of nature — by category – from Forest Trails, to Mountains, to Wildlife to the unusual. It’s too bad this… Read More »
Windows 8x and Windows 10 Desktop Icons In Windows XP and some versions of Vista and Windows 7, there were default icons on your desktop. Things like Computer, Recycle Bin, etc. But in Windows 8 and Windows 10 the desktop is barren. If you’re using Windows 8 or Windows 10 and would like to put the old familiar… Read More »
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VocabSushi I really don’t like sushi, its taste reminds me of the smell of rotting carp floating on Sandusky Bay in the waning days of summer. I had enough rotting carp growing up, thank you. But his is not your standard seaweed saturated sushi — this is VocabSushi, no seaweed here, just words to learn and, better yet,… Read More »
Create a Storage Drive in Windows 7, Windows 8.x or Windows 10 Using Disk Management If you have a large “C” drive in your Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer, chances are you are not using most of it. Did you know Windows has a built in utility to split a portion of the drive into a separate… Read More »