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Question from Olivene: Rick, I spent a few minutes reading your post that explains how to create a System Image Backup in Windows 10, but I’m a little confused.
I had Carbonite backing up my files for a couple of years and they didn’t back up any of my Windows files.
I learned that the hard way after my hard drive crashed on me.
What exactly is backed up when you create a System Image Backup? [Read more…]
Do you use a laptop?
If so, you probably know how difficult it can be using the touchpad to scroll through web pages or to drag and drop items.
Yep, it’s a two-handed process for the less dexterous among us (which definitely includes yours truly).
You basically have to use a finger on one hand to hold the left touchpad button while using the other hand to move the object in question around on the screen.
What you might not know however is that a simple settings change can make your touchpad a lot easier to use…
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Question from Danny: I recently bought my first Windows PC after using nothing but Macs for years, and something is driving me crazy.
Every time I try to install a new program a stupid “User Account Control” box pops up asking for permission to make changes to the system.
I find this extremely annoying since I wouldn’t have tried to install the program if I didn’t want it.
My question is how do I disable those annoying User Account Control pop-ups?
Question from Rhonda: I have a touchscreen Windows laptop and my two year old loves reaching over me and touching the screen just to see what happens.
It tickles her to death, but it drives me nuts because it occasionally causes me to lose work.
Is there any way to turn off the touch screen? [Read more…]
Question from Barry: I bought an Acer Aspire S7-391 laptop with Windows 8 at an estate auction.
I took a chance on it because it looks brand new and I was able to buy it for only $20. I’m hoping that’s a good deal (LOL).
Once I got the laptop home and booted it up I found out that it has 3 user accounts on it.
The machine boots up fine into an administrator account that doesn’t have a password on it. The other two accounts I can’t get into because they do have passwords (and I don’t know them).
I’d like to reset this machine back to the factory default setting so I can I install Linux on it. Can you tell me how to do the reset? [Read more…]