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It’s clear that for the most part Windows 11 is simply Windows 10 with a fresh new coat of paint.
While I actually like a few of the minor changes Microsoft has made with the new Windows 11 interface, there is one that I really dislike: the centered Taskbar and Start button.
Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a very useful feature that allows someone else to remotely take control of your PC in order to fix a problem for you.
This tool has helped countless PC users get their computer issues resolved quickly and efficiently without having to send their PCs back to the manufacturer or haul them to a repair shop.
Unfortunately, hackers can also use this feature to take control of computers located half-way around the world in order to install malware and steal personal information such as credit card or bank account numbers. [Read more…]
Question from Alex: I’m a singer/musician who has a large semi-local following in my city and the surrounding areas.
I created a Facebook page and tried to use it to let my fans know about my upcoming gigs, but I recently found out that Facebook only shows my posts to a just a small percentage of my 8,000+ followers.
I’ve found that I do a lot better when I post the dates on my personal Facebook Timeline.
The problem is Facebook won’t allow me to have more than 5,000 friends and I have new people wanting to friend me all the time.
Can you tell me how to bypass the 5,000 friend limit on a personal account? [Read more…]
Like it’s predecessor, Windows 11 has a popular feature called Autocorrect that monitors your typing and makes changes when it determines that you’ve made one or more spelling errors.
That sounds awesome, and most of the time it is. However, Autocorrect doesn’t always do the best job at fixing your typos. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using computers for a while you’ve probably experienced the loss of irreplaceable data at some point in the past.
After all, hard drives go belly-up, flash drives become corrupted and unreadable, viruses render computers unbootable and all manner of other disasters strike when we are least expecting them.
That’s why it’s so important to always have a high-quality data recovery tool at your disposal.
I recently had the opportunity to test and evaluate Stellar Data Recovery Professional, one of the most popular and highly-rated data recovery solutions that’s available today. [Read more…]