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Have you ever had to reinstall Windows from scratch after replacing a bad hard drive, being hit with a severe malware attack or some other digital disaster?
If so, you probably remember having to type in your Windows Product Key so Microsoft could reactivate your Windows installation.
I have always considered having to re-enter the Product Key to reactivate a machine’s Windows installation to be an irritating waste of time. [Read more…]
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Do you have a laptop or desktop computer with a built-in DVD burner that no longer works?
Or have you purchased a new laptop or ultrabook that doesn’t have a built-in optical drive at all?
If you never use CDs or DVDs and you don’t think you’ll be needing to in the future, you can easily get by without a working optical drive.
But what if you do need one because you have a stack of CDs you want to listen to while you work?
Or perhaps you have a stack of DVDs crammed full of old family photos that you scanned back in the day?
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of free software.
In fact, I download, test and write about free programs and apps all the time.
That being said, installing free software can sometimes causes problems. [Read more…]
Update: I originally wrote this review back in February of 2021, but I recently received a request to check this service out again to see if anything has changed.
I’m always happy to accommodate requests like this so I decided to give it another try.
Well, I discovered that there are indeed a couple of things that have changed: [Read more…]
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You’ve probably seen Amazon gift cards
Chances are you have actually bought one of them to give away as a gift. Gift cards really do make great gifts, especially at this time of year.
It’s easy just hand the recipient to someone in person, but what if you want to give one to someone that lives somewhere far away? [Read more…]