Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Have you ever accidentally deleted a photo, Microsoft Word document or some other file that you actually had no intention of deleting? The fact is we have all done it at one time or another.
A fantastic free program called Recuva will scan your internal or external hard drive, USB thumb drive or the memory card from your camera or smart phone and give you the option to “undelete” any deleted files that it finds.
And guess what? It works like a charm! [Read more…]
Question from Gary: I’m getting ready to turn over a bunch of files to another party and I don’t want him to know when these particular files were created.
Don’t worry, there’s nothing illegal or immoral going on here, we’re just doing a business deal and I don’t want the files’ creation dates to become an issue.
Is there any way to change a file’s creation date in Windows 10? I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find a way to do it.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
We Americans love upgrading to a new smart phone at every opportunity, and most of us have several of them stuffed in a drawer somewhere.
If you’re like me, you probably hate having a perfectly good portable computer (that’s really what a smart phone is) doing nothing more than gathering dust.
I’ve written several posts in the past explaining how to give an old smart phone a new life by turning it into something useful (like a wireless security camera), and I have another such tip for you today. [Read more…]
Many of the tips I post on this blog involve making changes to the Windows Registry. The problem is, Windows’ native RegEdit Registry Editor can be a real pain to use.
One of my biggest pet peeves with RegEdit has always been the way we have to navigate several layers deep into the registry tree using the mouse. But thanks to a fantastic free utility called Registry Finder, you no longer have to. [Read more…]
As you probably know, Windows 10 has both a Control Panel and a Settings app that make it easy to change a plethora of Windows settings and either enable, disable or adjust a number of Windows features.
Unfortunately, these powerful tools also make it very easy for inexperienced users to make system changes that end up causing issues with either the Windows installation itself or the programs and apps that run under it.
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