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Question from Michael: I just bought my first Windows 11 PC and it came with a ‘Phone Link’ app that’s supposed to let you make calls and send texts from your computer.
I have no desire to use my computer as a phone because I like to keep my devices as isolated from one another as possible.
I want to uninstall the Phone Link app but I can’t figure out how to do it. Can you help? [Read more…]
Question from Beverly: I just bought a new PC with Windows 11 and the time in the lower right corner is in military time.
How do I reset it to normal time (i.e. instead of 17:00, have it say 5:00 PM)?
I’ve tried everything but don’t know how to do it.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you recently purchased a Windows 11 PC or upgraded an existing machine to Windows 11, you’ve probably noticed that the Taskbar is thicker than it was in previous Windows versions.
And if you went looking for one, you probably noticed that there’s no setting in either the Control Panel or the Setting app to change the Taskbar’s thickness.
Personally, I like having my Taskbar as thin as possible to ensure that I have as much of the usable part of the screen in view as possible.
If you’d prefer a thinner Taskbar as well, I have some good news for you… [Read more…]
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Question from Dale: I have always kept ReadyBoost enabled on a flash drive to speed up my Windows computers.
I’ve heard people say ReadyBoost doesn’t really help but it always seemed to make my PC’s run faster.
The problem is I can’t get it to work on this new Windows 11 laptop I just bought. [Read more…]
Question from Bailey: Microsoft says my 6 year old HP laptop won’t run Windows 11, but it’s running Windows 10 just fine.
I read online that people have installed it on computers that are even older than that and that Windows 11 runs on lots of computers that Microsoft says it won’t run on.
I’d love to give Windows 11 a try on this laptop but when I run Windows Update I don’t see an option to install it.
Where can I get a free Windows 11 installation disk? [Read more…]