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If you use Windows 11 you’ve probably noticed that you receive more notifications than you received from earlier versions of Windows.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing because important notifications really do need to seen and dealt with, but getting a steady stream of unimportant notifications while you’re trying to work can be a real problem.
Luckily, Microsoft provides a number of settings you can tweak to limit the types of notifications you receive. [Read more…]
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Question from Oliver: I just replaced my old desktop computer with a brand new Dell laptop with Windows 11.
I like the new computer ok, but I’m having one problem that I hope you can help me solve.
Whenever I’m typing something on my computer I have a hard time seeing the text cursor. Even worse, I also have trouble seeing the mouse pointer.
Sadly, my eyes just aren’t what they used to be. I guess that just goes with the territory when you’re in your 70’s. [Read more…]
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.
And guess what? When that happens, all might not be lost… [Read more…]
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Even though solid state drives (SSDs) are beginning to replace spinning hard drives in the marketplace, the majority of computers in use today still use a hard drive for long-term data storage.
Unfortunately, most hard drives will eventually fail, and when they do their owners often lose any irreplaceable data that’s stored on them because they didn’t have a current backup on hand.
[Read more…]
The YouTube app is one of the most-used smartphone apps out there. In fact, chances are you’re using it right now.
I spend at least a couple of hours each day using my YouTube app for a combination of work and pleasure (but mostly work) and I know how power-hungry the YouTube mobile app can be.
If you also make extensive use of your phone’s YouTube app, there’s a simple settings change you can make that will force it to sip less juice from your phone’s battery… [Read more…]