Unresponsive Program? Try This Trick to Keep from Losing Data This tip is for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 (all versions) In earlier versions of Windows if a program froze (hung, locked-up) there was nothing you could do about it but kill the program using Task Manager/Processes/End Process. But Windows 7, 8, and Windows 10… Read More »
From Switzerland With Love: Email Privacy Your Way You have to hand it to the Swiss. They always seem to stay out of wars, make great cheese, keep a pristine environment pristine, and, of course, to this day, remain the world’s only country that comes so close to being a true democracy. The USA is a republic, but… Read More »
All About the I We get a lot of email asking about the i. Not i like me, but this i… Do you recognize it? How about this: Or this: What about this? Think of the i in the circle as meaning “informative”. It’s not a “warning”. If you click it you’ll see something like this: This seems… Read More »
You Don’t Have to Be a Geek to Make Your Own Reg Files This tip works with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 [all versions] One head scratcher that boggles the mind is why Microsoft took “Copy to” and “Move to” off the Windows default right-click menu. Even if you followed our tips to a… Read More »
Can’t Connect to a Public Wi-Fi Network? Try This… It’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the time that many of us travel. But this is not just for those of you in our hemisphere or for those who travel. It’s for everyone who has ever had problems connecting to a public WiFi network. Have you even… Read More »
How to Save Text files, Word Documents, Pictures, and Web Pages as PDF Files This tip applies to Windows 10 [all versions]. How would you like to be able to convert many different types of files, like images, Word documents, text files, even Web pages, into PDF files without downloading and installing a program, or using a web… Read More »