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Question from Kevin: My laptop has Windows 10 on it and every time I press a key to wake it from sleeping I have to sign in again.
I’m the only one that has access to this laptop during the workday so I really don’t need to worry about someone else using it.
That’s why I only actually log off when I shut it down before I leave to go home in the evening.
My question is how can I have the laptop go straight to the Desktop after waking from sleep without having to sign in again? [Read more…]
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Question from Joseph: I have a 2009 era Dell desktop that’s running Windows 7. The hard drive began acting up a while back so I replaced it with a 128GB SSD.
I’d now like to replace the Windows 7 with Windows 10, but I’ve heard that a 128GB drive isn’t big enough to hold Windows 10.
Will I need to replace the existing SSD with a bigger one before installing Windows 10?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Geneva: When my computer had Windows 7 on it I had an analog clock on the desktop.
After I updated to Windows 10 the clock disappeared. Is there any way to get it back?
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Question from Carol: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) installed an update a few days ago and after it rebooted the screen was all out of whack.
Everything looks so ugly now. The text is really big and the icons are scattered all over the place.
My monitor is a 23″ Dell S2316M. It’s always worked at its maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 before but the update changed it to 1024 x 768.
The problem is there doesn’t seem to be any way to change it back.
How can I fix this? [Read more…]
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Question from Stephanie: I’m the office manager for a medium-sized wholesale floral distributor.
Including myself, we have nine people working in our office, and each of us have identical Dell Business desktop computers.
These computers came with Windows 7 Pro but I upgraded all of them to Windows 10 bit back when the upgrade was free.
I’ve been creating weekly System Image backups for each computer but I just learned that I need to create a System Repair Disc too so if anything happens I’ll be able to boot the PC to the Recovery Options screen.
My question is do I need to create a separate System Repair Disc for each of the nine computers or will the same one work for all of them? [Read more…]