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Question from Edwin: My old Windows XP computer that I really love finally died and I had no choice but to buy a new computer.
I’d been dreading having to switch to Windows 10 but after using it for a while I’ve found out I actually like it.
But one thing about it really irritates me. I hate having all those notification messages pop up at random times in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Is there any way to turn those notifications off?
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You’re probably familiar with your web browser’s “History” feature that allows you to go back in time and quickly load web pages that you visited in the past.
But did you know that Windows 10 has it’s own “History” feature that works a lot better than your browser’s (and is a lot easier to use)?
It’s called Windows Timeline, and it works like a charm!
The Windows Notepad utility is one of the handiest little programs there is, but it comes with a number of frustrating limitations.
But even with those limitations I found myself using it several times a day simply because it’s so convenient.
But no more. I long ago switched to a wonderful free Notepad replacement app called Notepad++.
Notepad++ does everything the standard Windows Notepad does, only better. I won’t list all the great features here, but there are three features that really made it worth the switch for me: [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will no longer be supplying security updates for Windows 7 after January 14, 2020.
In other words, they’re going to basically abandon Windows 7 and leave users to fend for themselves when it comes to the security of their computers.
Several people have asked me if it’ll be safe to keep using Windows 7 after the updates stop coming down the pike.
As you probably know, Microsoft eventually stops supporting older versions of their software, and that always leaves the users of those abandoned products with a serious decision to make.
Well, that time will soon arrive for millions of users of Microsoft Office 2010.