Windows 11 Update Stuck or Failing? How to Fix It
Windows 11 update stuck? Learn simple fixes that work, plus when to call a professional for help with older PCs in Connecticut.
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Quick Assist allows one person to remotely connect with another. It connects two computers so that one PC will remotely control another PC. To access this Windows 10 feature, type Quick Assist in th
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If you are the type of end user that loves having multiple windows open on the desktop, then Shake is for you. Shake allows the user to click, hold and shake a window to minimize all others, leaving
Read Article → Windows“Secret” Start Menu in Windows 10
This one is easy. If you are a fan of the “old school” Start menu you can have it back, (almost). Hover your mouse over the start button and
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If you want to quickly view your desktop without having to minimize the many windows that are open, you can do so. First, click on the Start button and click the gear icon for Settings. Then click P
Read Article → WindowsAdobe Acrobat Reader DC
After finally upgrading my computer from Win7 to Win10 the Adobe Reader program opens one file and then will not open any others or create pdf files. The program just does nothing when I click to use
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When you receive an attached word document and download it, the date on the document changes to the current date. What if I need the original date to stay?
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Open Ccleaner and click on Options, (left side column), and then click on Settings, (top of the list). Click the radial button next to Custom Clean under the heading Ccleaner Home Screen. When you n
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When you open a program it will minimize right away to the start bar and you cannot get the program to show on the screen. It just sits there, minimized!
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You should not need Edge, or other internet browsers, to run during startup. If you want to use an app, simply double click to run. Automatically starting applications can use valuable system resour
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Windows has an option for fast start up. This allows the system to load startup items into the ram, and keeps that information there so the next time you turn on the system, or come out of hibernatio
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While most backup programs are setup to save profile data, (documents, pictures, desktop, etc), there is vital data that should be included, but may not be part of the profile. If you are like many o
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The default settings in Windows 10 can be altered to reflect your own tastes. For example, the mode for the windows is either light or dark. The default is light, however, dark mode may be better fo
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If you have a list of names and addresses compiled in Excel and wish to make labels the process can be confusing and frustrating. There are several steps that need to be taken to print your labels cor
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The issue can be resolved by changing the default security settings on both the computer where the program is housed and on your system.
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When you try to delete or empty the Recycle Bin you receive the error message that it is corrupted. You can not delete files or empty the Trash.
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A scheduled task is a very convenient way to get things done on a computer without having to remember to do them. Many items can be checked off the “to do list” by simply having it listed as a schedu
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When you want to have more than one user accessing QuickBooks at the same time you are required to have the program set to Multi User Mode. To use QB in that mode, click on File, then select Switch t
Read Article → WindowsQuickbooks Advertising
I use QuickBooks 2014 and have become annoyed with the up selling that create popups whenever I start the program. Now I am getting script error messages because there is something corrupted within t
Read Article → WindowsQuickBooks Script Errors
Script errors are typically caused by something within Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. If you are using another browser as your default then you can get rid of the script errors by simply making
Read Article → WindowsFlip and Rotate Video Utility
Have ever created a video or downloaded a video only to find out it is upside down or rotated incorrectly? To make it worse, the video is a clip of something that cannot be replicated, such as a grad
Read Article → WindowsProtected View in Word
If your Word program opens reasonably fast but not so when you click on a file to open, either locally or over a network, the issue may have to do with a setting that handles Protected View.
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In the bottom right hand corner of the screen is the date and time. The time shows but not the date. What happened?
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Windows 10 has proven to be a pretty nice upgrade from Windows 7. However, if you do not want to upgrade, how do you get rid of the reminder that continually pops up near the clock? You can, and it
Read Article → WindowsWindows 10 Tips – Start Menu
With over 200 million devices running Win10 it may help to know there are a several tips that can make the OS easier and more convenient. This is the first in a series of Tips that will allow the end
Read Article → WindowsWindows 10 Tips – Privacy
With over 200 million devices running Win10 it may help to know there are a several tips that can make the OS easier and more convenient. This is the second in a series of Tips that will allow the en
Read Article → WindowsWindows 10 Tips – The Look
With over 200 million devices running Win10 it may help to know there are a several tips that can make the OS easier and more convenient. This is the third in a series of Tips that will allow the end
Read Article → WindowsWindows Directory Statistics
Having a hard drive that is running out of space is frustrating when you do not understand how your drive filled up to begin with. There is a neat utility that is effective at showing where all the s
Read Article → WindowsWindows 10: Where’s my desktop?!
When you boot your system the desktop does not load, however, the tile view is active. Tile view is very similar to Windows 8. In fact, Win10 was built to look more like Win7 and less like the Win8
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When you start your Windows 10 system, you can sign in and the system gets part way to the desktop when the error message appears: “Critical Error: Start Menu and Cortana failed to load. We will try
Read Article → WindowsTracking Changes in Word 2010/2013
If you have a document that needs to have comments and/or editing tracked, you can turn on that feature in Word 2010 and 2013 by clicking on the menu option Review. Look and click Track Changes, then
Read Article → WindowsWindows 10 Tweaks
There are a lot of nice things about Windows 10. The interface is better than Win8 and the speed has improved at startup. Here are several items you can tweak to make the new operating system more t
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