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

Posted on March 24, 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…]

CamScanner turns your smartphone into a document scanner

Posted on March 16, 2019

Have you ever seen something in a newspaper or magazine that you wanted to scan but you were away from home and didn’t have a scanner handy?

Or perhaps a friend showed you a document that you would have liked to have had a copy of, but there was no scanner available at the time?

With a wonderful free app called CamScanner, you can capture high quality scans of documents using your smartphone – no computer or stand-alone scanner required! [Read more…]

Who’s singing that song? What’s the title? Find out instantly with Shazam.

Posted on February 23, 2019

If you enjoy listening to the radio, chances are you occasionally hear a song and wonder who’s singing it or what its title is.

Well, now you can stop wondering thanks to a nifty free smartphone app called Shazam.

Shazam will tell you instantly who’s singing the song that’s currently playing and what its official title is. Pretty cool, right? [Read more…]

How to use Ultimate Windows Tweaker to quickly lock down ALL of Windows 10’s privacy settings

Posted on February 6, 2019

As you probably know by now, Windows 10 is a nightmare when it comes to privacy.

To be blunt, if you accept all of Windows 10’s default privacy settings you won’t have much privacy at all while you’re using your PC.

There are almost two dozen important privacy settings that need to be changed in order to lock down your privacy as much as possible, but unfortunately they’re scattered all over the place throughout your Windows 10 installation.

That makes it very difficult and time-consuming to make all those tweaks, and the task can be virtually impossible if you don’t know where to find all of them!

Luckily, an awesome free tool called Ultimate Windows Tweaker makes it very easy to change ALL of Windows 10’s important privacy settings at one time.

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View all the devices that are using your Wi-Fi network with the free Fing app

Posted on February 4, 2019

Do you suspect that someone might be using your Wi-Fi network without your knowledge and permission?

If they are, you really need to know about it so you can boot them off and lock down your network ASAP!

“Piggybackers” can slow down your network and make your devices appear sluggish and unstable.

Even worse, they could potentially cause you some pretty serious legal problems if they’re using your network to break the law in some way. [Read more…]