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How To Make Windows Less Annoying

How To Make Windows Less Annoying

Jul 12, 2020 | Cortana, Microsoft, Privacy, Windows tips, Windows10

This is a collection of default settings in Windows that I change to make computers less annoying. It reduces the number of ads for Microsoft disguised as “tips” and “suggestions,” and it softens some of Windows’ rough edges. There are...
How To Lose Friends And Influence People: Microsoft Rolls Out New Edge Browser

How To Lose Friends And Influence People: Microsoft Rolls Out New Edge Browser

Jul 5, 2020 | Chrome, IE, Internet, Microsoft, software, Windows10

Microsoft is going to give you a lovely gift soon. Will you be grateful for their kindness? No. You will purse your lips like you sucked a lemon and you will be annoyed. Microsoft is kind of like a puppy who runs around peeing on things, hoping that you’ll...
The Bad Guys Are Gonna Git You If You Don’t Watch Out

The Bad Guys Are Gonna Git You If You Don’t Watch Out

Jun 25, 2020 | Dropbox, Google Drive, mail, Microsoft, Office 365, security

Be careful when you read your email! I’ve noticed an increase in phishing messages in the last few months. The bad guys continue to improve their grammar and the presentation of their fake messages, to make it more likely that you’ll be fooled into giving them a...
How Do You Manage Your Household Finances? Quicken, Simplifi, Money In Excel, And More

How Do You Manage Your Household Finances? Quicken, Simplifi, Money In Excel, And More

Jun 22, 2020 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, software, web_services

How do you manage your household finances? Until a few years ago, there’s a good chance you used Quicken, the venerable Windows and Mac finance program. Quicken was released in 1983 for MS-DOS and Apple II, at the birth of personal computing. It started to...
Outlook’s Slow Road To Syncing Signatures

Outlook’s Slow Road To Syncing Signatures

May 31, 2020 | mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, Windows10

At some point, possibly during our lifetimes, the Outlook desktop program for Windows will begin syncing email signatures through the cloud from one computer to another. This will be a wonderful thing that will alleviate one small pain point in setting up new...
Dropbox Smart Sync Included With All Paid Plans

Dropbox Smart Sync Included With All Paid Plans

May 25, 2020 | Apple, Dropbox, Microsoft, OneDrive, web_services, Windows10

Dropbox Smart Sync is now included with all paid plans for individuals and businesses. It’s not a feature of Dropbox’s free account, but that plan is so limited that the lack of Smart Sync doesn’t matter. Let’s take a minute to unpack that....
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