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Like all new versions of software, some old features and services have been removed from the new Windows 11. The most notable missing, removed and deprecated items are: Microsoft has done yet another about face on OneNote and is now not installing it Skype is no longer installed (replaced with Read more…
We recently produced a video of our Windows 11 First Review using an alpha release (build 2100) of Windows 11 but as of right now you can download and use the official Windows 11 beta (build 2200.51) directly right now. Windows 11 will become available to the general public in Read more…
If you have used Paint.net you know it is a very well constructed free graphics tool that gets updated periodically. It is very handy for even intermediate graphics works and many companies use Paint.Net as a replacement for MS Paint (yes, Paint still exists in Windows 11 – see our Read more…
Have you heard the hype around Windows 11? Well, its coming soon and if you a computer ethusiast or an IT Pro, you had best learn a bit about it. In this video we explain how to install and activate Windows 11 on your Windows 10 Pro PC and then Read more…
We recently sourced an Nvidia Quadro P1000 half height video card to install in our small form factor (SFF) Dell Optiplex 5070. Here we explain what the big differences are between the P600, P1000, P2000, P4000 and P6000 and then show how to change the plate from full height to Read more…
We recently created a video explaining how to setup and use the Your Phone app in Windows 10 to your PC. Shortly afterwards we received questions from a number of corporate users about problems using their corporate Office365 accounts. They received: “…That Microsoft Account doesn’t exist. Enter a different account Read more…
It is often promoted the VPN’s are the great saviour of privacy. However, most people really don’t understand what a VPN is doing. For home users, VPN’s (Virtual Private Network’s) are just private tunnels through the internet that let you APPEAR to be at in a different city. After you Read more…
What is S.M.A.R.T.? SMART is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology and it is just a simple monitoring system built into your hard drive. The idea behind SMART is to predict drive failures so you can protect your data (i.e. copy it to something else) before it dies Read more…
If you are using Windows 10 you no longer need to download utilities to clean the garbage off your hard drive or to figure out what folders are using the most disk space. Windows 10 Storage Sense is the free integrated disk clean up utility from Microsoft that does the Read more…
If you have an Android cell phone, like my Samsung Galaxy S9, S10, S20FE you may want to be able to send / receive texts on your PC, open Android apps on your PC or make / receive phone calls on your PC, the Your Phone app is your friend: Read more…
We often work on old laptops to either recover data or upgrade them. This gets to a common question that we answer in the video below, does it make sense to replace the old spinning drive with a solid state drive and install a fresh Windows 10 to make the Read more…
If you have devices (DVD, Mouse, USB Port…) that are not functioning as you expect one common troubleshooting technique is to remove the device and driver from Windows then reboot and let Windows “Plug-and-Play” it back into existence. Hopefully, the default setting or updated / fresh driver that Windows finds Read more…
Microsoft does wants to keep its product clean and simple looking so during firmware updates they use a colored bar under the Surface logo to give the user a calm sense of what is happening. The problem is that even techs that work on these frequently are not sure what Read more…
If you screen does not turn on, you may be tempted to this the LCD is dead or a cable has been cut. However, usually the problem is with something on the motherboard and often you can fix it yourself. Below is a list of Dell flash codes that you Read more…
If you have recently clicked on a link to a download a file and found that it pops up a message asking you what program you want to use to open the file then we have the fix. Even though it looks the same to end users (i.e. you), there Read more…
If you want to backup files and folders in Windows 10, there is a free built in utility from Microsoft included names, Windows 10 Backup with File History. In the video below we explain how to set it up, how to change the advanced configuration and how to troubleshoot it. Read more…