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Have you ever needed to capture a screen shot of an entire web page only to be frustrated because the entire page wouldn’t fit on the screen?
I sure have, and it’s pretty frustrating indeed when you have to capture the page in segments and try to stitch them together later.
Well, there’s a great web-based tool that’ll quickly create a screenshot of an entire web page, regardless of its length or width and allow you to save the resulting screenshot image as a PNG file. [Read more…]
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Question from Dale: I have always kept ReadyBoost enabled on a flash drive to speed up my Windows computers.
I’ve heard people say ReadyBoost doesn’t really help but it always seemed to make my PC’s run faster.
The problem is I can’t get it to work on this new Windows 11 laptop I just bought. [Read more…]
A while back I received an email from a gentleman asking how he could play his stack of vintage DOS games on his Windows 7 laptop.
In my answer I explained how he could download and install a DOS emulator program called DOSBOX that would allow those old games to run under Windows 10.
If you too would like to play vintage computer games on your Windows PC there’s an even easier solution than using DOSBOX.
I recently stumbled across a wonderful website called gog.com (short for “Good Old Games”) which sells hundreds of old DOS and early Windows games that have been ported to run on the latest versions of Windows right out of the virtual box. [Read more…]
Facebook offers budding and established businesses alike a top-notch platform to market their goods and services. Its robust algorithm can increase brand reach and awareness and effectively turn interested leads into paying customers.
Facebook marketing comes at a cost, but it is a small price to pay for an increase in revenue in a competitive market, wouldn’t you agree?
If you’re thinking of utilizing pay-for-play Facebook to drive more sales, consider using these marketing tips to maximize your internet-based commercial success: [Read more…]
Question from Bailey: Microsoft says my 6 year old HP laptop won’t run Windows 11, but it’s running Windows 10 just fine.
I read online that people have installed it on computers that are even older than that and that Windows 11 runs on lots of computers that Microsoft says it won’t run on.
I’d love to give Windows 11 a try on this laptop but when I run Windows Update I don’t see an option to install it.
Where can I get a free Windows 11 installation disk? [Read more…]