As I said last time there are many things about Windows 10 that I like and some I do not care for. Today, I am going to start with a couple of the features in W10 you may not appreciate and discuss how to change them. When you first set up Windows 10 you are…
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…
Thanks for all of the emails I have received regarding the last few columns on applications and sites I use. I will answer a few more questions today. I am often asked how I check my email accounts. Since I probably have many more than the average user I may operate a little differently than…
For the past two weeks I have answered questions which I regularly receive from readers. There have been more emails so this week is part three of answers I have given and what I have suggested. Many people ask, “What is the best browser to use on a PC?” This is an extremely hard question…
Today I will look at a few questions I have recently received starting with one regarding last week’s Chromebook article. I have always thought it funny when you write one thing and get totally different responses. From the Chromebook discussion last week I received the following two statements. First is, “[on] your assertion of Chromebooks…
Over time I have received emails asking about Chromebooks. I wrote about mine when I got it almost two years ago. Since the emails keep coming there must be interest in them. This is not hard to imagine since they are a very good deal for many people. Here is a very quick rundown of …
Last week we looked at Windows 10 requirements and a few other housekeeping tasks regarding getting it for free. Today a few questions I have received about it for the last several weeks are answered. First, why is it free for the first year? The main reason seems to be that Microsoft wants everyone using…
For a while now I have put off installing Windows 10 which also led to me not writing about it; however, this has now changed. I installed the "Windows 10 Insider Preview" several months ago and have been putting it through some paces. Windows 10 will be given away free to people who have a…
Last week I mentioned a friend whose computer was struggling through a major malware and viral infection. I had several readers write to ask, what was done to resolve it and even more importantly how to stop a reoccurrence of the same problems. To resolve it I installed Avast! for antivirus protection and Malwarebytes to…
A friend got a new computer last year. They got a very nice 64-bit, 17 inch HP Notebook. It had a large hard drive, 6 GB of RAM and lots of free or trial software. One of which was a quite nice and usually expensive antivirus program. The free software is standard in the market…
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