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By default, a sneaky Windows service that’s constantly running on your PC watches your every move and sends the data it collects about your computer usage back to Microsoft.
Unfortunately, there are a couple of serious issues with this… [Read more…]
As you probably know, Windows PCs tend to accumulate tons of “junk” that takes up valuable storage space on your machine’s hard drive or SSD.
There are numerous “system cleanup” apps that will clear this junk out for you, but Windows 11 now has it’s own native tool for this. It’s called “Cleanup Recommendations” and it’s very easy to use. [Read more…]
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It’s very easy to remove a shortcut (icon) from the Desktop on a Windows PC. In fact there are several ways to do it, including:
1 – Right-Click on the icon and then click Delete.
2 – Left-click on the icon to select it, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
But have you noticed that there is no obvious way to create a Desktop shortcut to an app? [Read more…]
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Have you ever been using your computer and had it start acting strange for no apparent reason?
I’m sure you probably have because it happens all the time.
For example, just the other day my Internet connection shut down and it simply refused to re-establish a connection.
A couple of days later my earbuds just stopped working right in the middle of a video I was watching, and they refused to start working again even after I loaded a different video. They worked fine when I tried them with phone.
When those things happened I didn’t immediately jump into troubleshooting mode and start checking drivers or verifying system settings. I did this instead… [Read more…]
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Have you ever needed to select all the text and images on a web page or other document at the same time?
How about all the cells in spreadsheet or all the data contained in an input box?
Well, there are several ways to select everything at once, but the fastest and simplest way on a Windows PC is to use the handy keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A.
If you have a Mac just press Command+A.