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Suzanne wants to put a Control Panel shortcut on her Windows10 taskbar<\/strong> Our answer<\/strong> Martha wants to know if hackers can watch you with your Webcam. <\/strong> Our answer<\/strong> It’s not likely to happen if a user has a good antivirus \/ antimalware installed. However, no software is 100% foolproof. We’ve written articles about this before and we recommend putting a tiny piece of electrician’s tape (opaque) over the camera lens. If you’re concerned about the tape’s sticky substance harming your lens you can put a small piece of paper between the tape and the lens.<\/p>\n This is not something that happens very often. But it’s important to know it’s not a hoax, it happens more than we like to think. And remember to always make sure you’re protected <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Covering the lens is a good option but having a good antimalware\/antivirus like Emsisoft<\/a> installed is essential. Someone spying on by you using your webcam is possible, but not very likely. It just makes good sense to understand the risks and always use the best safe computing practices.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jim wants to create a recovery drive for his new computer<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows10<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n On that page click on the button labeled “Download tool now”. You’ll be able to create a Windows 10 installation flash drive using the tool. <\/span><\/p>\n We recommend you create a Windows 10 installation flash drive. It has everything a recovery drive has and more and it’s bootable. You can boot your computer from it, use troubleshooting tools, and even do a reset or repair installation using it. And since your computer has no optical drives, its BIOS is already set to boot from a bootable flash drive.<\/span><\/p>\n I hope this helps you, Jim.<\/span><\/p>\n Joyce says all of a sudden, her keyboard started acting wonky<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> Terry’s right-click function on Windows 10 no longer works<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> 1. Shut down your PC completely (all power lights off)<\/span> If you still have the right-click problem, follow the alternate instructions on this page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n I hope this helps you, Terry.<\/span> Debbie is looking for fonts<\/strong><\/span> Our answer<\/strong><\/span> Click here to see our 3 site picks for fonts as well as how to install and preview fonts on Windows 10.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n I hope this helps you, Debbie!<\/span><\/p>\n David N. wants to know why his “My Documents” folder on Windows 10 is inaccessible<\/strong><\/span> Thanks, and Best regards, David.<\/span><\/p>\n Our answer<\/strong><\/span> You cannot delete, modify, rename, or change the “My Documents” folder on Windows 10. It’s an inaccessible leftover – what we call a dinosaur. 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\nI would like to know how to put my control panel on my taskbar. Can you tell me how to do it? Thanks, Suzanne<\/p>\n
\nHi Suzanne. Type Control into Taskbar search and press Enter when you see Control Panel appear in the search results.\u00a0 Once Control Panel is open, right-click on its icon in your taskbar, and choose “Pin to taskbar”. That’s it. Now, the Control Panel icon always will be on your taskbar.<\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/taskbar-controlpanel.png\")
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\nI’ve read that hackers can activate webcams. This sounds like a hoax to me. Could hackers somehow turn on my webcam, watch me, and see things in my house? Is this true–or just another viral internet hoax? What do you say?<\/p>\n
\nHi Martha. Not only is it true that webcams can be activated remotely, but it’s also happened many times. Even some famous people have had their privacy invaded. One young lady filed charges against the man who activated her webcam on her laptop in her bedroom. There are several ways this can happen, but normally it usually happens by the victim being tricked into clicking a link in an email and downloading spyware\/malware on the computer giving the attacker control over the computer’s webcam. It can be activated without the user’s knowledge. Sometimes the cam can be activated without the “webcam active” light being lighted.<\/p>\n
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\nI just purchased a new laptop with a 1 TB hard drive but no Optical drive. Should I create a USB recovery drive or a USB boot drive? I have created an ISO image as of today on a USB hard drive, but should I also create a boot or recovery USB drive as mentioned above?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Jim. Computers that do not have optical drives (CD\/DVD drives) have the BIOS set up to boot from bootable flash drives. So, you can create a bootable Windows 10 installation flash drive by going to this page:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nThis morning I was typing and thought I hit the shift key plus the 1 key to make an apostrophe when a box came up on the upper left side of the screen that said something about the ease of access link. I do not know what I hit but it wasn’t the link and now I cannot type unless I keep pressing on each key till the letter finally shows. Can you help me get my keyboard back to normal typing again as I do not know what I did or what to do to correct my mistake?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Joyce. Try this: Shut down your computer and leave it off for 5 minutes. Make sure all power lights are off. Then restart your computer.\u00a0 Let me know if you still have a problem.<\/span>
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\nThe right-click function on my Windows 10 laptop has stopped working. It is driving me crazy because I used that feature all the time. I miss being able to quickly right-click when I need to. I have been using Windows 10 for 3 years and I have never had any trouble with it until now. Do you have any advice for me? Thanks, Terry.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Terry. Have you tried this simple fix?<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n5. Try your computer and check to see if you still have problems.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nTerry wrote back: “It Worked! Thanks a lot. I can’t believe that just shutting off my computer for a few minutes fixed my annoying problem. You guys are great! Thanks, Terry”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nI am using Windows 10. I’m looking for script and handwriting-type fonts. I’m hoping you can steer me in the right direction. Where can I find nice fonts without getting infected with malware? I would like free fonts but I want them to be from safe sites without risking getting infected. Thanks, Debbie.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi Debbie. You’re in luck. We have some great font sites for you on our InfoAve website from which you can download nice fonts for free. Additionally, we show you how to install, find and preview fonts on Windows 10. <\/span><\/p>\n
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\nI have a situation I do not understand \u2013 when I open \u2018My Computer\u2019 and scroll down to \u2018My Documents\u2019 \u2013 it says, \u2018access is denied”! Now, when I scroll down further to a second \u2018My Computer\u2019, and again scroll down to \u2018Documents” and this opens properly to my list? Will you straighten this out for me, and let me know what has caused this?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHi David. “My Documents” only appears on computers that were upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version of Windows. It does not exist on Windows 10. If you upgraded from a previous version of Windows, the files that were in “My Documents” on that version of Windows will be in your Windows 10 Documents folder (C:\\Users\\Your Username\\Documents). If you’re logged into your user account, the Documents folder is available from the Quick Access menu as well as from File Explorer.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nDavid wrote back: “Thanks TC \u2013 I don\u2019t know what some of us \u2018old-timers\u2019 would do without your knowledgeable input!”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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