Windows 10, Part 3

Cortana?  Is it a name to be loved or feared? Cortana is the “Siri”-like and “OK, Google” personal voice search feature found now in Windows 10 for PC.  It was previously available the first part of 2015 for Windows 8.1 Phones.  If you read last week’s article on linked and/ local accounts this continues that…

Windows 10, Part 1

As I mentioned for the last few weeks – today we will start the journey into Windows 10. It has had plenty of time to be tested.  Microsoft officially announced “Windows 10” (W10) on September 2014.  Then they started public beta testing or “Technical Preview” in October 2014.  If you have been paying any attention…

Windows 8.1, Part 3

W8.1, Part 3 For the past several weeks we have taken a look at Windows 8.1, the latest Operating System out of the gates at Microsoft. I have been “teasing” you about how you can make it operate more like Windows 7 (my favorite OS yet). I talked about how to find programs and more…

Windows 8.1, Part 2

Last week I mentioned that I am no longer "afraid" to use Windows 8.1 and that is only 8.1 not 8, about which I still have reservations.  I also said that you need to learn a few new things and make a few "edits" and changes to Windows 8.1 to make it work better for…

Let the Party Begin!

~ Or…Windows 8.1, Part 1 ~ Since the beginning of the now infamous Windows 8 in the last quarter of 2012, I have pooh-poohed the notion of ever installing it on any of my computers.  Well, I have fought the good fight and have now succumbed. I did test W8 several times throughout its premiere…