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In my opinion Windows 10 is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has ever released. It’s visually appealing, and for the most part it seems to work flawlessly.
As with every version of Windows, there are a few tweaks you can make to your Windows 10 installation that can greatly reduce your system’s startup time and make it run faster overall. [Read more…]
Question from Karin S.: Hi Rick. I’ve been reading your help and tips for my computer for a long time now, and I find the information very helpful, so thank you!
Since upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 everything seems to be ok as I slowly figure out where everything has gone and how it works.
But I have a problem: A lot of your tips start with clicking on “Start” and then “Settings”. I have found that nothing happens when I click Settings. It kind of flashes a bit but nothing opens.
Could you tell me how to fix this so that I have a ‘Settings click’ that actually works? Thanks so much, in advance. -Karin
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
The Internet makes it possible to use thousands of wonderful online services and access enough information to fill warehouses full of encyclopedias on virtually every subject known to man.
Many of these resources only become available to you after signing up for an online account, but what happens when you no longer need or want to use a service or access the information provided by a specific website?
Closing an online account should take no more than two or three clicks of the mouse, and it usually is really that simple. The trick however is finding the place on the website where you need to begin the clicking. [Read more…]
If you have one or more devices that run iOS 9 you’ve probably noticed that many of the events mentioned in your emails are now automatically added to your Calendar.
Many users find this new feature useful, but others dislike the way it tends to fill up the calendar and make it more difficult to track the events they are most interested in.
Luckily, it’s easy to prevent iOS 9 from automatically adding email events to your calendar. Just follow theses simple steps: [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for more than 10 minutes you’ve no doubt seen posts that made you so upset you wanted to click a button to “Dislike” it.
Well, before long you’ll be able to do just that.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that the company is actively developing a Dislike button, and it WILL be rolled out to users when it is ready. [Read more…]