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. …

Windows 10 Tips, Part 3

The last two articles concerning Windows 10 tips have garnered many emails.  Today a few more.  If you remain interested keep those email questions coming in and I will tell more! Today I will look at a few features of Windows Explorer since I had recent questions regarding it over the past weeks. First off,…

Windows 10 Tips, Part 2

After the column last week I received quite a few emails asking for a few more Windows 10 tips.  Keep in mind that you can email me your questions and I will always answer back. Give me time, and you may see yours appearing here one week.  Keep them coming! As funny as it may…

Windows 10 Tips, Part 1

Over the past several months I have received questions from readers asking how to do various things on Windows 10.  Some were quite interesting and some I thought could be useful to other new Windows 10 users.  Since sooner or later I believe we will all be “enjoying” what Windows 10 has to offer I…

Windows 10, Ready or Not

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…

Updates

Here is one update to the last two columns I wrote about Google Maps and Waze for Android devices.  Guess what?  Waze released a new version of its excellent product.  It has a couple of nice new features but mostly it was cosmetic with a few navigational changes.  I believe it looks better, is quicker…

2015 Sites in Review, Part 2

If you have been keeping up you know that last week we looked at all the sites I wrote about for the first half of 2015.  Today we continue by starting with July.  Thanks for the many emails I received about the article and please keep them coming.  Enjoy! VLC Player, rd.dblclx.com/1LTJDOH – in my…

Windows 10 Annoyances, Part 10

Windows 10 is not the perfect operating system and has a few things that annoy me.  I figure there are some of you out there who are also annoyed by these things.  Today we will look at a few of these and Windows 10 annoyances   A nice feature which first appeared in Windows 7 and…

Windows 10, Part 9–Taskbar

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

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…