Show Control Panel and Recycle Bin in File Explorer Quick & easy tips are the tips we all like best — they are easy to do and useful too. This tip works in all versions of Windows 10. If you would like to have Control Panel and Recycle Bin show on the Navigation pane in File Explorer, it’s… Read More »
How to Use the Dictation Feature in Windows 10 First, this only works only for those of us in the USA … or if your computer is using U.S. English. If your using any other version of English, it won’t work… yet. To use the dictation feature you must have microphone. Then you have to have a Word… Read More »
Good PC Housekeeping With Windows 10 Storage Sense This tip was written for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update & newer versions of Windows 10 Our own EB is a clean freak and a stickler for making sure her computer and her download folder is clean. She always gripes about my download folder because it’s a mess. And she’s… Read More »
Fix “Open with” missing from Windows 10 Right-click Menu If you want to open a file with a different program other than the default, normally you can right-click on the file and choose “Open with” from the right-click menu. But it has come to our attention recently that some of you don’t have “Open with” on your right-click… Read More »
Use Windows 10 Metered Connection to Stop Some Automatic Updates While most folks didn’t have a problem updating to the current version of Windows 10 (Windows 10 Fall Creators Update – Version 1709, as of this writing) some folks did have problems. And after a couple of failed attempts, they find that Microsoft repeatedly tries to install the… Read More »
3 Ways to Get More Info About Your Windows 10 Computer (This tip is for Windows 10, but as noted below, you can use parts of this tip on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.) Windows 10 “About” Did you know that you can learn a lot about your Windows 10 this way: Open Settings (Windows key… Read More »