Let’s start off with something most of you have heard of – Lifelock. If you have seen their commercials on TV, you’d think if you paid the hefty price for Lifelock, you can rest easy — your identity is safe. The truth is, neither one can. But it’s simply not true. And it illustrates that some of those… Read More »
When your drives become fragmented Windows takes longer to find the files it needs to perform a requested operation or to open a program. It’s no more complex than that. So defragmenting your hard drive(s) at least once a month is a good maintenance routine – one that can keep your computer running faster longer. The disk defragmenter… Read More »
First you must be using Windows 7 or Windows 8x for this to work, so if you’re not, this won’t work for you. There are a lot of ways to see what starts with Windows – but we’ve found yet another. And maybe this one drills down a little deeper. So if you’re running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1,… Read More »
Windows 10 marks end of an era This could be the last big version of Windows. After version 10, Microsoft could abandon big product release cycles in favour of smaller, more regular iterations. By Duncan McLeod. Was Microsoft really that desperate to distance itself from what commentator Paul Thurrott calls the Windows 8 “Frankenstein’s monster” that one full… Read More »
ToggleKeys is term used to describe a computer keyboard key that has one or more functions. For example, the caps lock key, num lock key, and scroll lock key are examples of ToggleKeys. ToggleKeys are also an accessibility option. When ToggleKeys are turned on, your computer will make a high or low tone beep when you press any… Read More »
Three Fun, Amusing or Interesting Sites You’ll Want to Bookmark All computer, tablet and smartphone users We’re not saying these sites are educational, but they’re interesting and / or fun. Well, at least we found them interesting and/or fun. We hope you do too! Dumb Laws Here’s a site that lists some of the dumbest laws ever passed… Read More »