Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Have you ever typed a lengthy email, blog post or other type of form entry, only to lose what you had written because your browser crashed, you clicked the wrong button or the web page timed out?
I sure have, and I can tell you that it’s no fun having to re-type everything!
Luckily, there’s a fast and easy way to prevent this from happening to you: [Read more…]
The Windows Desktop in every version of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95 has included a “My Computer” icon which opened the handy “Windows Explorer” window when you clicked on it.
All recent versions of Windows till have the “My Computer” icon, but it’s now called “This PC”. And “Windows Explorer” is now called “File Explorer”.
But even though their names have changed, these features still work in much the same way they always have, and they are still two of the most-used components of Windows. [Read more…]
Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m impatient. Well, at least when it comes to getting things done on my computer.
After all, there are only so many hours in the day, right?
With that in mind, one of the best tips I’ve learned over the years is that the keyboard is often a lot faster and more efficient than the mouse.
I used to get frustrated at having to click through multiple layers of menus, click on the program I want to run and then scroll through a couple hundred filenames until I find the specific file I need to work with.
But these days in most cases I can just skip the mouse altogether except for one final click and be working with my file in mere seconds. Here’s how it’s done: [Read more…]
Every modern version of Microsoft Windows allows you to create two types of local user accounts.
In my opinion every PC should have one account of each type installed even if only one person will be using the computer. [Read more…]
Question from Andreas: Hello, Rick. I hope you can help me.
I recently replaced my ancient desktop computer with a new Dell with Windows 11 on it.
I also bought a new 24 inch flat panel monitor to go with it, and I love the enhanced sharpness and clarity.
The problem is I’m used to using an older monitor that had large icons (I know, I’m WAY behind the times) and at 72 years of age my eyes aren’t what they once were.
Thanks to one of your tips I found out how to increase the font size in Google Chrome which was a tremendous help, but I really need to know how to make the Desktop icons bigger.
Can you help me with this? [Read more…]