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Windows 10 File History: A Reminder
Windows 10
First and most importantly, Windows 10 File History is not a substitute for
a good backup program. But File History is a simple way to back up your personal
files. That's why one of our favorite features in Windows 10 is file History.
File History is an automatic file backup service that backs up
your personal files and folders to an external hard drive, and lets you
selectively restore previous versions of any of your personal files when needed.
Because it requires a second hard drive (either internal or external) File
History is not turned on by default. That means you have to turn it on to use
it. AND REMEMBER … to use File History, you MUST have a second internal hard
drive or an external hard drive.
First things first. As we said up there, you need to turn on File History to use
it.
Here’s how to turn on File History:
Click on the start button,
click Settings, then Update & Security and then “Backup”:
**File History Dialog**
Now connect an external
drive, (or select a second internal drive – i.e. a drive other than the one with
Windows on it - and slide the on/off switch to “On. If your external drive or
second hard drive is recognized it will appear in the dialog; you will have to
click it to select it.
If you have more than one external drive or other
hard drives and the drive you want to use is not selected, you can change drives
by clicking the “Select a drive” link. Now File History will backup and update
your personal files automatically — you won’t have to give it a second thought.
In the File History dialog, you also can restore files by clicking “Restore
personal files”.
If you want to choose specific folders to back up,
change the backup frequency or make other modifications to File History, click
on “More options” (see File History Dialog screen shot shown previously). You’ll
see this:
You can change backup frequency, and how long you want
to keep backup files. You can also add folders of your choice to file history.
Why File History? We all know that we should back up our computers, but less
than 10% of us do. We wish we had a dollar for every email we have from someone
saying “my computer crashed and I lost everything….” File History makes
protecting your data extremely easy — and automatic. You don’t need any special
computer skills to use it beyond clicking the “Turn on” button in the File
History dialog. File History compliments a good backup regimen using File
History and good backup software.
File History doesn’t make image
backups, What’s good about it is , that once you turn it on, it is automatic and
it will protect your personal files. If worse comes to worst, we can always
reinstall software programs and set-up mail accounts again, but if we lose those
precious documents, photos, videos, etc. they can’t be replaced – so you’ll do
well to take this piece of advice from your OLD Uncle TC and Auntie EB and
back-up baby, back-up. Turn File History ON and use a good backup program like
Genie Timeline.
File History
does a decent job of protecting your irreplaceable files and folders, and if you
have an external hard drive, make sure you turn on File History. Someday, you
may be very glad you did.
So, take it from Uncle TC and Auntie
EB – turn on File History and forget about it. Someday you'll thank us. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow,
but soon and for the rest of your life.
EB, you do a horrible Humphrey Bogart impersonation.
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How to Configure Cortana / Windows Search
By default Cortana/Windows 10 Search will search your
documents and the Web when you enter a search term.
We're going to show you different configurations for Windows
Search & Cortana in Windows 10.
Our Five Rules For Safe Downloading
1 Good Security Software:
Using a good antivirus/anti-malware is your first line of defense. We use and
highly recommend Emsisoft
Anti-Malware (and antivirus) . Emsisoft provides immediate warnings if you click
something you shouldn't have. Emsisoft is the only program we have seen that
helps users prevent installing PUPs and hijackers by warning users right away.
Plus Emsisoft is an excellent anti-malware and anti-virus too - it always scores
well in reliable tests performed by independent antivirus testing labs.
If you get a popup offering a download that you didn't ask for, don't click
anything; press the ALT+F4 keys to close the pop up. Many
sites like CNet, File Hippo and many others, use deceptive practices including
strategically placed, large and small green download buttons which download
software all right, but not the software you intended to download. Sites like
Softonics and Brothersoft are even worse, They bundle good, clean freeware in
their own malware bundler which they euphemistically call a "download manager".
When possible we suggest you use
www.snapfiles.com for downloading.
If you click to download something, and something looks or feels amiss, stop the
download. It might be that you clicked on a deceptive download button or an ad
instead.
During installation, take your time. Make sure you read each dialog screen
during setup. Many times you will have to uncheck other programs being "offered"
or you will find you've infected your PC with malware, most often hijackers &
PUPs. Taking a an extra minute or two and reading each dialog during
installation can help protect your computer. So don't rush through installations
by simply clicking "next", "next", "next", "Finish". Take your time when
you install software, and you'll save time in the long run. Our
rule of thumb is: If we start installing a program that offers to install
anything other than what we wanted, we cancel the installation and delete the
installer. No one needs to put up with software download and installation
trickery.
Windows 10
Press Windows Key + S (hold down the
Windows Key and press the S key) to open Search. When search opens click on the
Gear icon on the left side. See the image below - the settings button (Gear
icon) is outlined in red:
Search Settings will open. To turn off Cortana and turn off "Search online
and include Web results", switch Cortana Off ( you can turn "Device search history"
on or off -for this tip it doesn't matter). If you don't want web results included when you search, turn "Search
Online and web results" Off
After you've made these changes, you'll see "Search Windows" at the bottom
From now on, when you search for something, it will only search your computer -
not the web.
But wait, there's more. What if you want to search your computer and the
web, just the web or just your computer? You can do that too without making any
settings changes. With Search set at default, type in a search term... see
below:
Near the bottom, you'll see "My stuff" and "Web". If you just want to search
your computer, click "My stuff". If you want to search only the web, click on
"Web" and if you want to search both, type in your search term and press Enter.
In the example below, I just wanted to search my computer for word
"carbs" and, as you can see, a list of documents on my computer with the word
"carb" in them appear in the list - no web search included.
You'll get list of results that come only from your computer.
Windows 10
is very configurable - you can make Windows 10 work the way you want it to. The
Search feature is just one example of this. All you have to do is take time to
learn how to configure Windows 10.
Windows 7, Windows
8x, Windows 10
2. Don't click without knowing what you're clicking:
3. Be careful where
you download from:
4. Think before you click:
5. Take your time:
More Windows Quick
Tips
Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10
If a dialog has several
tabs, use the Ctrl Key + the Tab key to switch between the tabs. Yeah, you can
just click them, but this is a different way to change between tabs. It's always
good to know more than one way to do things/ See?
Press CTRL+TAB and the "View" tab opens.
Press Ctrl + Tab again and the "Search" tab opens...see?
2. Show the extended context menu of a file holding down he Shift key while
right-clicking it.
3. To see the "Exit Explorer" option on taskbar,
press Ctrl+Shift and then right-click on the Taskbar.
4. You can use File Explorer's address bar as Run box. Try it! Open File
Explorer (Windows Explorer on Windows 7) by pressing Windows Key + E and type
Regedit in the address bar and press enter? What happens. Yay! Regedit opens.
Try it with
services.msc
cmd
ipconfig
Just type one of those in
the File Explorer (Windows Explorer) address bar and press enter.
The Importance of IMAP
All computer users
Over the years we've learned
there are two things people really don't want to lose:
1. Pictures
2.
Email
Irreplaceable pictures can be backed up on external drives, Cloud
storage services and/or USB flash drives.
The best way to backup email
is not to backup email, just set up your mail using IMAP. When you use IMAP, the
mail on the Web server, is the mail you see in your email program. If you open
your mail account in your Web browser, you see exactly what you see in your email
program. If you have a tablet or additional PCs, when you check your email on one
of them you see the same mail and folders on each of them. If you get a new
computer, when you set up your email, it's exactly as it was on your old
computer. All mail folders and messages are their and ready to go.
Almost
all ISPs offer both POP3 and IMAP mail protocols. All popular Web mail services
(Gmail, Outlook.com, etc.) offer IMAP too.
There are a lot of other
benefits to IMAP. If you create a folder in your email program, it will be
created on the mail server as well ...and vice versa. So your folder structure in your email
program is mirrored on the mail server. So no matter where your check your mail
from, another mail program, another device or with a Web browser, you see
exactly the same mail and the same folders.
So, if you're looking for the
easiest way to make sure you never lose any email messages or folders, always set
up your mail accounts as IMAP instead of POP3.
Text Tips For You
All Windows Users
This tip works in most word processing
programs, text editors, and in some email programs.
Want to move around
in a document, an email you are typing, or other documents you may be editing
the easy way? Amaze your friends, startle your cronies, make your enemies writhe
in jealously. Here are some easy tips to help you move around documents, emails
and other text-based items you are editing:
To move insertion point to
the beginning of the next word. Control Key + Right Arrow
To move
insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. Control key + Left Arrow
To move insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph. Control Key
+ Down Arrow
To move insertion point to the beginning of the previous
paragraph. Control Key + Up Arrow
Bridges To Yesterday
Once there was a time when I could hear the sound of birds singing and feel
the warmth of the sun washing over me - and the beauty of a blossoming spring
touched my soul and raised my spirits and brought the light of happiness into my
life.
This morning for reasons unknown to me, I've plucked some wispy and
delicate memories from the pool that swirls around inside my mind, memories from
springs past. This morning is shaped by those thready, bittersweet memories of
things lost and days gone forever. Or are they?
With memories
flooding and darkness looming and the still and silent night not yet acquiescing
to the dawn, I sit pensive and wonder why. Yet I know, that the sun will shine,
birds will sing and better happier memories will come and lure me away from this
dark and sad and quiet morning. Spring will come and life will go on and
everything will be as it should.
So powerful are memoires, yet memories
defy description. Memories can be beautiful, whimsical, or discomforting; they
can be full of joy or of deep and overwhelming sorrow . Memories are as fragile
as the gossamer wings of an angel and as fleeting as a falling star on a cold
clear winter night. Memories can be as whimsical and as useless as moonlight
shadows dancing on a tranquil twilight bay and as essential as the air we
breathe. Memories are eternal and ethereal enigmas. We all have them, we know
they are there, but memories remain as intangible and untouchable as a rainbow
and as deep and unfathomable as an ocean.
Memories are the only links we
have...
Read the rest of this essay here.
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If you don’t use all those preinstalled Windows 10 apps such as the pathetic
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What do I do with a zip file?
We recently offered a download of a zip file containing over 200 desktop wallpaper. Several people wrote and said they could download it, but didn't know what to do with it once they downloaded it.
Since Windows XP was released, no 3rd-party software has been needed to unzip zip files. It seems a lot of folks see a zip file and don't know what it is or what to do with it.
A zip file is nothing more than one or more files compressed into an archive. A zip file is a way to distribute a lot of files in a single download. For instance: We zipped up 200+ desktop wallpaper images so it would be easy for people to download them. It would be very time consuming to download 200+ files, one at a time.
All you have to do with a zip file in Windows is right-click it and choose "Extract all"
Find the zip file you downloaded (above).
Right-click it and choose "Extract All". You'll see the following dialog appear. "Show extracted files when complete" is checked by default - that means after you've unzipped the file you'll see all the files that were contained in the zip file. In this case hundreds of desktop wallpaper.
Click on the button labeled "Extract". And you'll see a progress dialog.
In the zip file we're working with here, there are 348 items inside it that are being extracted.
One all the files have been extracted from the zip file, you see them open in a folder...see?
And now that you've unzipped the zip file into a folder, you're all done. In this case we have a folder that contains 348 files all of them extracted from one zip file.
Just remember. A zipped file is like a bag of candy. You can't do much with the candy until you take it out of the bag. Unzipping a zip file is just like opening a bag of candy so you can get to the goodies inside.
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