Jun 28, 2015 | Microsoft, updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 will be released on July 29. You should look forward to it. It’s all good news. Microsoft has been working to combine the best features of Windows 7 and Windows 8 into a single new operating system. There is every reason to hope that Windows 10 will be the...
Mar 30, 2015 | Chrome, IE, software, Windows tips
Sometimes it helps to make sure you know some of the basic tricks. Here’s one that everyone should be using. It goes back to the dawn of computing, more or less. When you’re viewing a long web page, hit the space bar to scroll down one screen. Hit Shift + space bar to...
Nov 22, 2014 | Adobe, software, Windows tips, Windows8
Here’s a trick that may keep you from going crazy one day. I wish I’d known it before I gouged this nasty dent in the top of my desk with my forehead. It’s such a simple thing. Open up File Explorer in Windows 8. Find a PDF that you don’t want. Highlight it. Press...
Nov 16, 2014 | Surface, Windows tips, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft has made it easy to download and create an install disk or USB drive for Windows 8.1. Now you won’t be stuck if you have to reinstall the OS from scratch for some reason and you can’t find the DVD that came with the system from the manufacturer. The download...
Nov 11, 2014 | software, video, Windows tips, Windows8
Windows 8 does not include built-in support for playing movies from a DVD. If you can’t play a movie, your options are different than you might expect. It was easy with Windows 7. Windows Media Player isn’t a very good program but at least it can play a movie in...
Oct 9, 2014 | Microsoft, photos, Windows tips, Windows8
Here are three cool wallpaper tricks for Windows 8 users with dual monitors. Set different pictures as wallpaper for each monitor You can use two different pictures as wallpaper on your dual monitors. Like the best tips, this one is easy and not a soul knows about it....
