The Green Light to Install Windows 10 Version 1903 
Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

If you’ve been holding off installing Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update) as we suggested and let other people be the “testers” and “guinea pigs”, you can relax and install Windows 10 May 2019 Update or Version 1903 as it’s also known whenever you’re ready.

Windows 10 Version 1903 was released on May 21, 2019 – almost a month ago – and so far the only problems we have seen reported have been minor. The only major problem is the warning that “This PC can’t be upgraded to Windows 10” – for which a workaround was issued back in April. If you do get the poorly-worded warning “Your PC cannot be upgraded to Windows 10” here’s the workaround from Microsoft:

“…To work around this problem, remove all external media, such as USB devices, SD cards, and UFS cards, from your computer. Then, restart installation of the Windows 10, version 1903 feature update. The update should now proceed normally.

If you are using installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) to install Windows 10, copy the files on the installation media to your local drive, and then start the installation from the local drive….”

So, it would be prudent to use the Update assistant to update to Version 1903 and remove all external drives, USB drives, SD cards, etc. from your PC before you start the upgrade.

Version 1903 has a lot of really useful new features, some of which we outlined on this page.

Here are 3 ways you can upgrade to Windows 10 Version 1903:

1.) This is our recommended way to update. Go to this page and click on the “Update now” button. This will download the Update Assistant. Once it’s downloaded, click on it to run it – it does not install. The Update Assistant will download the Windows 10 Version 1903 installation files. This can take a while, depending on your connection. It can take 10 or 15 minutes if your connection is very fast or it can take a few hours if your connection is slow. In any case, you’ll be able to keep using your computer during the time Windows 10 is downloading. Once the download is finished, you’ll have the option to click “Update now….”

2.) Visit this page, click on the “Download tool now” button to download the Windows 10 ISO file (from which you can make a Windows 10 installation DVD) or the USB media from which you can make a Windows 10 installation USB. You can then use the media to install Windows 10 Version 1903 by putting the DVD in the DVD drive, opening it in File Explorer and clicking on Setup.exe on it. Or if you created a Windows 10 USB flash drive, put the flash drive in a USB slot, open it in File Explorer and click on “Setup.exe”. In either case, make sure you choose the upgrade option and not the clean install option.

3.) If you’re using Windows 10 Version 1803 (or an earlier version of Windows 10) you can try this:

a. Right-click on the start button
b. Click on “Settings”
c. Click on “Updates & Security”
d. Click on “Check for updates”

If Windows 10 Version 1903 is available via Windows Update then you’ll have the option to install it via Windows Update.

Remember, all computers are different and we can’t make a blanket statement that none of you will have any problems with the update. However, we have not seen any major problems so far with the May 2019 Update – but there have been some minor issues that are not critical.

And remember: If you’re not happy with Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903), you’ll have 10 days to go back to the previous version of Windows 10 without losing any data, programs or settings.

To go back to your previous version of Windows 10, do this within 10 days of installing Windows 10 Version 1903.

1.) Right-click the start button
2.) Click “Settings”
3.) Click “Update & Security”
4.) Click “Recovery” (in the menu on the left)
5.) Click on the “Get started button” under “Go back to the previous version of Windows 10”

It will take between about an hour for Windows to complete this operation.

Good luck with your update!

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Windows 10 Version 1903 Is Easier On Your Eyes
Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update)

If you have problems reading text on your screen, Windows 10 Version 1903 has some features you’re really going to like. All we can say is, it’s about time.

In Windows 10 Version 1903, Settings > Ease of Access > Display you’ll see that there are sliders available that will help you increase the size of the text on your screen (without making everything else bigger), as well as a slider to make everything bigger, and a slider to make everything brighter,  Plus, you see an option to “Change the size and color of your cursor and mouse pointer”.

 

We find the option to make the text bigger without making everything else bigger a great feature that works very well. 

As you can see below you can increase the size of the text by moving the slider to the right. And you can make it smaller by moving it to the left.  Try different settings until you find the one just right for you. I have mine set at 114% and it makes the text on my screen much easier to read.

You can increase the size of the text up to 200+ %.  What looks good to you? Try it and see. If you don’t have Windows 1903 yet, you can save a copy of this tip as a PDF file, or print it out, or email it to yourself. It’s easy – just click the Print Friendly button at the top of this article.

Here’s a  quick tip for you that works on any version of Windows 10:

The fastest way to get to Settings > Ease of Access is to hold down the Windows key and tap the U key.

How to View or Print a List of Processes Running on Your Computer
Windows 7, Windows 8x, Windows 10 (all versions)

First, let’s open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

Here’s how: On Windows 10 type CMD in taskbar search, right-click on it when it appears at the top and then choose “Run as administrator”. In Windows 7 type CMD in the start menu search, right-click on it when it appears at the top and then choose “Run as administrator”.  In Windows 8.1 press Windows Key + S, type CMD in the search and right-click on it when it appears in the results, then click “Run as administrator”.

At the prompt, type:

tasklist

and press Enter:

As you can see (above) you’ll get a list of all processes running on your computer. You can scroll through the list and see every process that is running on your computer at the time you ran the command.

If you want to print a list of processes, it gets a little more complicated.

At the prompt type:

Tasklist > C:\

and the directory in which you want the file to be saved. In the example below, I’m saving the list with the name “running-processes” in my documents folder so the command line shows:

tasklist >C:\users\thunder\documents\running-processes.txt

You can save the file to any drive or folder you want to… but remember, spacing is important and you must know the complete file path. The simplest way to do this is to just save it to the root of the C:\ drive… with the command

Tasklist >C:\running-processes.txt

Above: The text file we created using the tasklist command.

That's all there is to it!

Windows 10 Now Allows You to Drag and Drop Fonts to Install Them
Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update) and newer

Back in the old days, installing and viewing fonts in Windows was a daunting proposition, but no more. Windows 10 Version 1903 brings with it a drag and drop install feature. Plus, like its immediate predecessors, it displays all fonts installed on your computer in a clean and uncluttered window. Now you'll see all your fonts just the way they'll look when you use them. No more guessing which font might look right for your project.

Here's a screenshot that tells it all.

And in the same dialog, you can scroll through all your fonts and see exactly what they look like.

You can find the Drag & Drop font installer and preview all your fonts this way:

1. Right-click your desktop
2. Click "Personalize"
3. When the "Personalization" settings app opens, click on Fonts in the left pane. That's it!



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FastStone Image Viewer

We've always been big fans of FastStone Capture for a very long time. In fact, it's our screenshot tool of choice. Sure, it's old, but the developer still updates it, and it does everything we need it to do

The other day, I was downloading an updated version of FastStone Capture, and accidentally downloaded FastStone Image Viewer. Now, we are Irfanview fans and have been since Darcy introduced me to it way back in 1998. I've used it Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8x, and with every version of Windows 10, I've had. But there's an opportunity in every miscue, and so it was with my mistaken download.

Now, I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that I'm about to replace IrfanView with FastStone Image Viewer, but I'm going to tell you that many of you will love the extra features of FastStone Image Viewer that are missing in Irfanview.

FastStone Image Viewer is an image browser that almost instantly provides you with a "contact sheet" of every image in a folder. You can batch rename, you can create slideshows and even add music, batch resize photos, and much more.

And rarely do we ever come across a developer who is more verbose than us. But the developer of FastStone Image Viewer is one. So, rather than us telling you all about the program, we're going to let him/her do that for you and spare you our sparkling diatribe.

So, we'll start with some screenshots, and then let Mr. or Ms. FastStone tell you all about FastStone Image Viewer.

Now, from the developer of FastStone Image Viewer:

FastStone Image Viewer is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping, retouching and color adjustments. Its innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information, thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your mouse touches one of the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much more. It supports all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD, EPS, TIFF, WMF, ICO, CUR and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats (CR2, CR3, CRW, NEF, NRW, PEF, RAF, RWL, MRW, ORF, SRW, X3F, ARW, SR2, SRF, RW2 and DNG).

True Full Screen viewer with image zoom support and unique fly-out menu panels
Crystal-clear and customizable one-click image magnifier
Powerful image editing tools: Resize/resample, rotate/flip, crop, sharpen/blur, adjust lighting/colors/curves/levels etc.
Eleven re-sampling algorithms to choose from when resizing images
Image color effects: gray scale, sepia, negative, Red/Green/Blue adjustment
Image special effects: annotation, drop shadow, framing, bump map, sketch, oil painting, lens
Draw texts, lines, highlights, rectangles, ovals and callout objects on images
Clone Stamp and Healing Brush
Superior Red-Eye effect removal/reduction with completely natural looking end result
Multi-level Undo/Redo capability
One-touch best fit/actual size image display support
Image management, including tagging capability, with drag-and-drop and Copy To/Move To Folder support
Histogram display with color counter feature
Compare images side-by-side (up to 4 at a time) to easily cull those forgettable shots
Image EXIF metadata support (plus comment editing for JPEGs)
Configurable batch processing to convert/rename large or small collections of images
Slideshow creation with 150+ transition effects and music support (MP3, WMA, WAV...)
Create efficient image attachment(s) for emailing to family and friends
Print images with full page-layout control
Create fully configurable Contact Sheets
Create memorable artistic image montages from your family photos for personalized desktop wallpapers (Wallpaper Anywhere)
Acquire images from scanner. Support batch scanning to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and PNG
Versatile screen capture capability
Powerful Save As interface to compare image quality and control generated file size
Run favorite programs with one keystroke from within Image Viewer
Offer portable version of the program which can be run from a removable storage device
Configurable mouse wheel support
Support program skins
Support dual-monitor configurations
Support touch interface (tap, swipe, pinch)
Support dual instances
Play video files (Third party codecs may be required for old versions of Windows)
And much more... 

No Adware. No Spyware.
Free for Home Users

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On Faith and Riding a Bike

Almost all of us with children have had the common, yet amazing, experience of teaching a child to ride a bike.

Before I get rolling, let’s clarify the word “bike”. Long ago, unfortunately, the word “bike” was an unambiguous word that meant bicycle – the kind with two wheels, a bell, streamers, and usually a kid perched upon its seat. But now it can mean – and often does – a group of men and women, roaring down the road, two-by-two, in lines of “bikes” a half-mile long. Most of them decked out in black leather accouterments. Any many with wallets hanging from chains. Why is that I wonder? Anyway, other than misusing the word “bike”, it’s all well and fine with me – to each is own.

I want to emphasize, though, that in my world a motorcycle is not a bike. Motorcycles are fine – if you like them, but they’re not bikes. And I don’t like “bike weeks” either, because bike weeks should be reserved for bikes – the bikes with streamers and bells on the handlebars and kids – or wannabe kids – in the seat.

I digress. If you’ve had the experience of teaching a child to ride a bike – or if you remember your own experience of learning to ride a bike – have you ever thought about what a magical and life-changing experience that is?

We have all heard the aphorism “just have a little faith”. But I’m sure there’s no such thing as a little faith. There is only big, complete, and total faith. You have to believe without any doubts to have faith. That’s what faith is all about. It’ big-time faith or none at all – at least if you want good things even amazing things to happen.

It’s a particularly sunny, spring day long ago. My oldest son was 7 years old at the time. I bought him a brand new bicycle – a Schwinn. It was a great brand when I was a kid, but I guess Schwinns are made in China or Indonesia or somewhere else these days which does not make them bad, but they’re sure not the same, But back then, I bought him a 24" American-made Schwinn, which was a mite big for him, but like all things you buy for kids, you buy with the future in mind. Kids grow.

I know he was skeptical about his ability to ride a “two-wheeler”...

Read the rest of this essay here.

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