Avast, me Hearties!

Although I have been and still am a fan of the Avast! antivirus application (avast.com) I recently stumbled onto something interesting.  I have always used the free version of Avast and it has worked quite well.  Since it is free you do get popups occasionally suggesting you try to better clean up your computer.  If…

Password Vault

Bank accounts, dating sites, email, Facebook, Instagram, other email accounts, PC login, Twitter, websites, work, and on it goes.  What do those things have in common with most everything else on your computer?  Correct, passwords. Five years ago I wrote about various ways to keep your bazillions of passwords safe.  DO NOT do what some…

Microsoft Took Control

A few weeks ago I wrote a series of articles about some Windows 10 tips.  I like Windows 10 just fine; although, I realize some of you out there do not.  But that is fine.   Choices and variety are usually good. However, after a recent Windows 10 update I found something I was really annoyed…

Disappointment

I have purchased a few items from online stores over the years.  I have become quite disappointed with one of the online stores I have used. I received an email from one of the major online tech stores recently that seemed to be too good to be true.  It had the usual good prices on…

Windows 10 Tips, Part 5

Two last Windows 10 tips today.  When you upgrade your operating system (OS) it has a setting to roll back to your previous version of Windows.  So if you did not like W10 you can roll back to your former Windows 7 or 8 operating system.  I personally have only known a couple of people…

Windows 10 Tips, Part 4

This is most likely the last week for Windows 10 tips so grab ’em while you can. It has been fun sharing questions from emails with you about W10 but next week on to an adventure I recently had. Today I want to talk about the ribbon.  The ribbon first appeared in Microsoft Office 2007. …