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Microsoft automatically sets cellular Internet connections as “metered” in Windows 10 and Windows 11 because many cellular service plans have a data cap.
If you exceed the data cap on your plan one of these things will typically occur, depending on the terms of the plan: [Read more…]
Question from Evelyn: I have an Acer desktop computer with Windows 10 Home edition on it.
Everything was working fine this morning but when I came back from lunch my web browser was in full screen mode (maximized).
I thought that was odd because everything was normal when I left for lunch.
I tried to click the little square icon in the top-right corner to take the browser out of full screen mode but I couldn’t click it. It’s like it ignored my clicks.
Anyway, I was able to minimize the browser but then I noticed something else really strange. None of my open apps were showing up on the taskbar.
I don’t know how things got so messed up, but I hate it. Do you have any idea what’s going on, and what I need to do to fix it? [Read more…]
Question from Karlie: I use my laptop late at night while hubby is trying to sleep, but sometimes the light from the screen keeps him awake.
A friend at work told me I could enable ‘Dark Mode’ on the laptop and it wouldn’t put out near as much light.
I’d love to give that a try. Can you tell me how to turn on Dark Mode on a laptop with Windows 10?
Rick’s answer: [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…]
Question from Barry: Rick, I desperately need to create a System Restore Point for last Monday.
What happened was I downloaded a couple of torrent files last Tuesday and now my Windows 10 computer is all messed up.
I tried doing a System Restore back to the previous Monday, but the oldest Restore Point I see is from 4 days ago. Is there a way to create one for last Monday? [Read more…]