Screenshots made easy with Windows 8
If you see something interesting on your screen and you want to take a screen shot, hold down the Windows Key, press the PrtScr key. The screen shot is captured to the clipboard for pasting into your favorite graphics or image editor, but it’s also saved automatically to your My Pictures folder with the name Screenshot.png. The next… Read More »
Hidden Windows Feature: Wipe free disk space with a simple command
Hidden Windows Feature: Wipe free disk space with a simple command Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 By now you know (or you should know) that when you delete files or folders in Windows, they’re not really deleted. Not even close. Deleting a file or folder merely tells Windows that the space occupied by the file or… Read More »
The Liberty Bee – Chapter Three
She was the lighthouse keeper’s granddaughter. She had inherited the tiny island, the small clapboard house, as well as lighthouse, when he died suddenly, and without warning the day before Christmas, seven years ago. The lighthouse had stood beautifully useless for more than twenty years, a beacon to all those whose yearnings draw them back to simpler times.… Read More »
The hidden Windows 8 start button — sort of
Many of you have Windows 8 and many of you have installed a start button replacement like Classic Shell. But did you know that the old Windows Key can also be used as a surrogate start button? Here’s how. All you need to do is press the Windows key then start typing the first few letters in the… Read More »
Twenty-one tips for all Windows users
Everyone likes short, quick Windows tips. These following 21 tips work in all versions of Windows, unless otherwise noted. We hope you find these tips useful! To 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”. To save a picture/image… Read More »