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How to quickly lock down ALL of Windows’ privacy settings

Posted on October 9, 2022

Although I wasn’t all that impressed with Windows 11 initially, I’ve grown accustomed to it and I now feel a lot better about recommending the update from Windows 10.

But that being said, like Windows 10 before it, Windows 11’s default privacy settings are extremely invasive.

Luckily, you can change a number of privacy settings to make both Windows 11 and Windows 10 just as stingy with your personal info as their predecessors were, but Microsoft has scattered those many settings all around the various nooks and crannies of the Windows user interface.

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Q&A: How do I stop the Microsoft Store from freezing up on me?

Posted on October 1, 2022

Question from Elian: Every time I open the Microsoft Store and try to search for an app it freezes up on me.

The only way it will close is if I kill it with the Task Manager.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]

How to run Windows on your Mac (without ditching macOS)

Posted on September 21, 2022

Is there a Windows program (or two, or ten) that you’d really love to run but you just don’t want to ditch your Mac and buy a PC?

Well guess what? You can easily run Windows programs and apps right on your Mac while still using macOS as the machine’s primary operating system. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do you delete a document in WordPad?

Posted on July 29, 2022

Question from Stacey: Hi, Rick. I created a document in WordPad and now I want to delete it.

The problem is I can’t find any way to delete a document in WordPad.

I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find a “Delete” button. Can you tell me how to do it? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why does Microsoft sell Office for Macs even though Apple is a competitor?

Posted on July 20, 2022

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Question from Claude: I was looking at the various options for buying Microsoft Office on Amazon the other day and I saw they’re selling Microsoft Office that runs on Macs.

That really surprised me since Microsoft and Apple are direct competitors of each other.

Why do they make a Mac version of Office when that obviously encourages people who would buy a Windows computer to run MS Office on to buy a Mac instead? [Read more…]