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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 10 or Windows 11?
Well, those beloved old-style games were removed from 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 can get them back! [Read more…]
Question from Darlene: I keep seeing this being posted by a lot of my friends on Facebook:
“Day 1 of 10 Day Grandma Celebration. Post a pic everyday for 10 days that celebrates being a grandma. No words. Today I challenge – …“
I’ve seen slightly different versions of this message too.
I know a lot of things like this are scams. Is this one safe to participate in, or should I skip it? [Read more…]
Question from Calvin: I just bought a new computer and every time I select some files in File Explorer it places those annoying check boxes beside the files I selected.
I don’t need those check boxes since the files I select are highlighted anyway.
My old computer didn’t have those check boxes. I’m hoping you can tell me how to remove them from the new one? [Read more…]
Question from Carla: My boyfriend is currently working overseas and he sends me lots of photos in zipped folders.
On my old computer I used a program called 7-Zip to unzip those folders and extract the files.
I just bought a new Windows computer and I noticed that there’s an option to unzip folders on the right-click menu.
Is there an advantage to using 7-Zip instead of the Windows tool? [Read more…]
If you recently purchased a Windows 11 PC or upgraded an existing machine to Windows 11, you’ve probably noticed that the Taskbar is thicker than it was in previous Windows versions.
And if you went looking for one, you probably noticed that there’s no setting in either the Control Panel or the Setting app to change the Taskbar’s thickness.
Personally, I like having my Taskbar as thin as possible to ensure that I have as much of the usable part of the screen in view as possible.
If you’d prefer a thinner Taskbar as well, I have some good news for you… [Read more…]