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Social media has proven itself useful in aiding students’ learning and development. Even so, not many schools and other educational institutions use platforms like Facebook for education.
The numbers are growing as the educational system is grasping technology, but we are still a long way from a study environment where social media is used as a learning tool. [Read more…]
Question from Keith: I updated my Windows 7 computer to Windows 10 a while back, and like a dummy I didn’t write down the license key for it.
The hard drive in this machine went bad and I replaced it with a 1TB SSD. The bad drive appears to be completely dead because it doesn’t make any noise at all.
I have already installed the SSD I and downloaded the Windows 10 files onto a thumb drive with the instructions they provided.
The thing is, I’ll need the license key to activate Windows 10 after I install it, right? [Read more…]
If you’ve started noticing a lot of unusual and intrusive activity on your Mac, chances are you’ve fallen victim to some type of malware.
One common type, in particular, is spyware which can be incredibly sneaky and difficult to notice. So, unless you have a Mac spyware remover installed on your device, you will have to detect and remove this malicious software yourself.
Here’s everything you need to know… [Read more…]
By default, Windows constantly checks to see if your hard drive is running low on unused storage space. If it determines that your drive is almost full, it’ll let you know by popping up a warning message.
While all of this checking for low disk space can be beneficial if your PC has a small hard drive/SSD or you tend to use up all available storage space.
The problem is, it comes at a cost in the form of a performance hit.
The fact is lots of modern Windows PCs have large hard drives and/or spacious SSDs and there’s a good chance that all of that vast storage space will never be used.
If you think you’ll likely never run low on storage space you can speed your PC up a bit by disabling ‘Low Disk Checking’ with a simple Registry tweak. [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 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…]