Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
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…]
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 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…]
The native Windows Task Manager has long been the go-to utility when we need to see which programs are running on our PC or kill a “hung” process.
While Microsoft has really expanded the features and power of Task Manager in recent years, it still has some serious limitations.
Luckily, Microsoft also offers a free program called Process Explorer that takes the concept of the Task Manager to a whole new level.
Process Explorer displays every process currently running on your PC in an easy to visualize “tree” structure. [Read more…]
Do you use Facebook on a laptop or desktop computer?
If so, you’re probably familiar with one or more of these common annoyances:
All of these annoyances (and many more) have irritated me at one time or another, and I’m guessing they’ve irritated you as well.
Luckily, there’s a very easy way to eliminate all of these Facebook annoyances and more in one fell swoop… [Read more…]
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