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FYI: Windows 11 might run on your PC even if Microsoft says it can’t.

Posted on September 4, 2021

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As I reported in this post, Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will officially be released to the masses on October 5.

I’ve received a ton of feedback about this with about half the respondents saying they’ll be sticking with Windows 10 and the other half chomping at the bit to install Windows 11 ASAP.

If you happen to fall into the “I want to install it ASAP” camp you can compare your PC’s hardware configuration against the system requirements listed on this page to see if Microsoft believes Windows 11 will run on your machine. [Read more…]

Microsoft to release Windows 11 on October 5

Posted on September 1, 2021

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Microsoft has just revealed in this blog post that Windows 11 will be officially released on October 5, 2021.

On that date Windows 10 users will start receiving notifications that the update to Windows 11 is ready to be installed on their computers.

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Q&A: How do I place a photo slideshow on my Windows 10 Desktop?

Posted on August 30, 2021

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Question from Shirley: How can I set the Desktop background on my Windows 10 PC to display pretty photos like the ones I see in screensavers and on the Lock screen?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to initiate a System Restore when your PC won’t boot into Windows

Posted on August 27, 2021

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System Restore is a powerful tool for reversing detrimental changes to your PC’s Windows installation.

In a nutshell, System Restore allows you to “roll back” the Windows installation to the state it was in at a time before the detrimental changes were made.

For example, lets say that somehow a critical Windows setting gets changed and your system starts doing strange and unexpected things.

You can usually fix this type of issue by simply using System Restore to roll Windows back to a Restore Point that was created a few days earlier.

System Restore is typically launched from within Windows, but what if the issue at hand is so severe that your PC won’t boot up into Windows at all? [Read more…]

Tutorial: 3 Ways to Convert MOV files to MP4

Posted on August 23, 2021

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With the leap to a fully digital world, a wide array of media formats have sprung up as video continues its takeover of the web and the world of technology in general

Unfortunately, the plethora of video format options causes lots of confusion due to incompatibility between media types and the types of devices being used.

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