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…
OK, if you are a regular reader, you know I like Windows 10; however, it is not perfect. I finally got tired of one little nag which has bugged me for a while. I feel that it must be annoying some of you as well so here is all about it – according to Ron….
Over the past few weeks I have received some emails from people saying they are getting warnings on their computers regarding the Windows 10 upgrade. No, this is not a new virus, a Trojan or any sort of malware hitting the scene. Our friend – Microsoft. Many of you who have not converted to Windows…
Last week’s column generated a lot of email questions and comments. I did not realize there were a lot of Google Maps and Waze users out there. Some people had never heard of Waze and now are trying it out. Let me know how you like or dislike it as you experiment. One person brought…
Have there been times when you want to sign up for something on the internet but knew once you did you would get "IT?" You know what "IT" is. It is tons of spam from some stupid site that looks like it has something you want or need. Sometimes even very reputable sites will start…
Welcome to the 15th year of "Double Click." It has been a pleasure giving you computer and tech information each week since January, 2002. Each January I review the sites I wrote about during the previous year. If the site addresses are too long for print I have shortened them using a branded short domain…
I have written before about Google having rolled out many very good applications over time. I have also remarked that unfortunately they also kill many very good applications off when they should not. I have listed several of my favorites in earlier columns so I will not again. If you are interested read this for…
The Taskbar in Windows 10 has some new features some of which we will look at today. First off, right click on your start menu button and get a surprise. There are more than 15 different windows functions available in a list. There you will find "Programs and Features" used to uninstall programs and install…
Windows 10, Part 8 – Personalization Today we look at personalizing Windows 10 so that it looks and acts the way you want and not the way it arrives. To start with, how about using another picture or one of your own pictures as your desktop wallpaper? Things have changed a bit regarding this. The…
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