Category: Windows

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If the laptop fits…wear it!!

When asked the question, what is the best laptop? Most people are looking for one precise answer.  To be totally honest there isn’t a one size fits all answer.  Choosing a laptop is liking choosing shoes.  You would 1st want to know how you will use these shoes. Am I running a 5K or am…
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Did you know you can do this on Windows 10?

Elusive Show Desktop Button -Go to the far right corner of your task bar -Click on the rectangular button (only identifiable by the little white line in front of it.) Your desktop should appear. Hidden Start Menu  You can access the hidden Start Menu that looks a lot like Windows 7 -Right Click on the…
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Creating a Restore Point

Just installed a new program, or you just installed a huge batch of Windows Updates and now you are working at snail’s pace.   Wouldn’t it be nice to just put your computer back just the way it was before you had all of this happened?  Just a mini time machine.  Well Microsoft Windows has a built-in feature…
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Can System Restore Help?

Having issues with your computer?  Maybe restoring it to a previous state could resolve your problem.  Here is how to bring your computer back to life, if you have a valid restore point in Windows 10. In the search bar type System Restore Click on Create a restore point System Properties window will open Click…
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Program Short Cut & Pin to Taskbar -Windows 10

Windows 10 makes it a little difficult to create all those shortcuts we love to decorate our desktop with.  Prior to Windows 10 right clicking on a program would bring up the option to copy.  Now there are a few more steps.  Here is how to get our desktop art back. Short Cut on Desktop…

Saving a Shortcut Directly on Desktop

Right click on your desktop select New/Shortcut Enter web address in the “Type the location of the item” field or you can Browse for a file location. Type the name of the shortcut in the “Type a name for this shortcut” field Click Finish

Easy Screen Shot with Snipping Tool

There are so many times when you need to take a screen shot on your computer.   You could easily hit the print screen button on your keyboard but now you have an image of your entire screen.  There is a free program that comes with windows called Snipping Tool.  So many people don’t know it is there. …
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