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You’re probably familiar with your web browser’s “History” feature that allows you to go back in time and quickly load web pages that you visited in the past.
But did you know that Windows 10 has it’s own “History” feature that works a lot better than your browser’s (and is a lot easier to use)?
It’s called Windows Timeline, and it works like a charm!
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will no longer be supplying security updates for Windows 7 after January 14, 2020.
In other words, they’re going to basically abandon Windows 7 and leave users to fend for themselves when it comes to the security of their computers.
Several people have asked me if it’ll be safe to keep using Windows 7 after the updates stop coming down the pike.
Question from Mary: I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 that I use for both work and pleasure.
During my downtime I enjoy playing Solitaire with the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” app while also listening to music videos on YouTube.
The problem is every time an ad comes on in the Solitaire app the audio from the ad blasts through the music from YouTube.
I searched the settings in the app up and down and I can’t find a way to mute the ads. Do you know of a way to do it?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Paula K.: I let my daughter play some games on my laptop last a couple of nights ago.
When I turned it on yesterday morning the entire background on the screen was completely white with bold, black text.
I asked her what she did to make it change like that and she said she doesn’t know.
I can use it this way but I absolutely hate it because it’s ugly!
Can you tell me how to get the screen back to normal? My laptop has Windows 10.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Like it or not, the future of Windows computers lies in Windows 10.
After all, Windows 7 is scheduled to officially be abandoned by Microsoft in January 2020.
Windows 8.1 will be around for a couple years longer but it’s scheduled to be abandoned as well in January 2023.
Windows 10 has been slowly increasing its foothold in the marketplace for a while now, and according to the latest stats from NetMarketShare it’s now running on over half (50.99%) of all the world’s personal computers.