I have talked about this before but from what I have read from a few of you…you may not be listening. The message I have for you is, “UPDATE EVERYTHING!”. I know on the web all caps indicate shouting, but I am shouting to get your attention! What are the dangers of not updating software…
The debate of whether to stick with Windows 10 or upgrade to Windows 11 has been circulating for some time. Is it worth installing the upgrade…should you proceed with it? Of course, it took a little while to convince me, but now it is in good shape. I have been testing Windows 11 since its…
OK, for all of you hardcore fans…here is the second part of all the sites we visited last year. Once again, if the site addresses are too long for print, I have shortened them using my "dblclx.com" predecessor. They will be continuous characters without spaces and capitalization counts. Copy them in their entirety and then…
Jenny recently wrote to me and asked an interesting question. She said she had searched to see how to best move her old Windows 7 computer to a new Windows 10 laptop. She went on to explain that she wanted to transfer passwords, bookmarks, etc. There are several things I understood from her question. One…
We have known for years that Microsoft consistently runs updates on your operating system to make your computer safer. Being the most widespread operating system in the world (read that as under attack the most) Microsoft tries to stay ahead of the bad guys. They usually get updates to your computer as quickly as a…
If you have not heard, Microsoft has discontinued the free upgrade to Windows 10. For those of you that waited due to, “Oops, I forgot” I am sorry for your loss. Loss of $119 at least. For those of you that will never give up because of all the issues with Windows 10 — I…
I have had several people email recently who had issues after a Windows 10 update. I have had a couple of small issues too; however, they went away after an extra reboot. So the old tech query remains when you have problems, "Did you restart your system?" In previous versions of Windows OS you could…
Last week I mentioned Chromebooks and Antivirus software. Today in continuing with sharing emails and answers we look at the following questions. "How often do you run Windows Update, defrag, cleaning, and other computer maintenance?" Wow, huge question with a multitude of answers. First I suggest for most users you should set windows updates to…
The last two weeks we looked at some of the ways you need to physically clean your computer for spring or any other time of the year. Today we will clean your computer’s software. First, make sure that you are regularly checking your Operating Systems upgrades, i.e. HaWindows 7, 8.1, etc. Yes, you may have…
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