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How to quickly display (and lock down) ALL of Windows 10’s privacy settings

Posted on November 15, 2019

In my opinion Windows 10 is the best version of Windows ever released by Microsoft. But that being said, its default privacy settings are extremely invasive.

Luckily, you can change the privacy settings to make Windows 10 just as stingy with your personal info as its predecessors were, but Microsoft has scattered those many settings all around the various nooks and crannies of the Windows user interface.

Luckily, there’s a free tool called WPD that puts all of Windows 10’s privacy settings in one place, making it easy to find and change the particular settings you’re looking for.

Even better, WPD also explains what all the various settings do. That means you won’t have to scratch your head as you try to figure them out on your own.

Sound good? If so, follow the steps below to download WPD and use it to tweak your PC’s privacy settings to your liking: [Read more…]

Schedule text messages to be sent at a later time with your Android phone

Posted on November 11, 2019

Have you ever wished you could schedule a text message to be sent at a future date and time?

I have, and there are plenty of situations where such a capability would come in handy.

For example, let’s say you have a friend whose birthday is coming up in a few days and you want to make sure you don’t forget to send him a “Happy Birthday” text.

Or perhaps you need to remind your wife about an upcoming doctor appointment but you’re afraid you might forget about it yourself before the appointment date arrives. [Read more…]

PC Decrapifier: The 2nd thing you should run on your new Windows PC!

Posted on November 7, 2019

Are you planning to buy a brand new Windows computer?

If so, there are a couple of things you need to do the very first time you run it:

1 – Ensure that it’s protected with an effective anti-virus program.

2 – Download, install and run PC Decrapifier.

While the name might seem a just a little crude, this little gem of an app will automatically clean out all of the junk that comes pre-installed on new PCs.

In a perfect world, this wouldn’t even be necessary, but sadly it is. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I watch a DVD on Windows 10?

Posted on November 5, 2019

Question from Shannon: I’m a movie buff and I have a large collection of movies on DVD.

I have a DVD player in every room in my house but I also love watching them on my computer while taking short breaks from my work (I’m self-employed and I work from a home office).

The problem is I could watch a DVD with Windows Media Player on my old computer but it won’t play DVDs on my new one.

Is it not possible to watch DVDs with Windows 10? Surely you can, but how?

This is very frustrating so I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Do you miss your old Windows 7 games? Well, you can get them back!

Posted on November 3, 2019

Do you love the “old-style” games like Solitaire, Hearts, FreeCell and others that you used to be able to play with Windows 7, but can’t find them in Windows 8.1 or Windows 10?

Well, those beloved old-style games were removed in the most recent versions of Windows and replaced with “modern” versions that you have to download from the Windows Store.

I happen to prefer the old-style games myself. If you prefer them as well, you’ll be happy to know that our friends over at Winaero have an installer that will put those wonderful Windows 7 games on your Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer!

Follow these steps to install Solitaire and the other Windows 7 games on your Windows 8.1/10 PC: [Read more…]