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Have you ever tried to take a picture while standing in a crowd only to come away with nothing but a photo of the back of someone’s head?
Have you ever tried to take picture from a bridge or ledge only to discover that you couldn’t get your camera out far enough from the edge to photograph your intended target?
If either of these situations apply to you, I have a simple solution for you…
If you’ve ever used a Pro or Enterprise edition of Microsoft Windows you probably know those editions come with a handy tool called the Group Policy Editor, or GPedit for short.
In a nutshell, the Group Policy Editor allows you to make hundreds of advanced tweaks to a PC’s Windows installation that aren’t available via the Control Panel or Settings app.
The thing is, GPedit isn’t available in the Home version of Windows, just the Pro and Enterprise versions.
This short video shows how to add a fantastic open-source group policy editor tool to ANY version of Windows (and explains why you might want to): [Read more…]
As you surely know, scams and hoaxes are ubiquitous on Facebook. It probably seems like you see a new one every time you look at your Newsfeed.
And just like clockwork, there’s a new one making the rounds…
Question from Rhonda: I have a touchscreen Windows laptop and my two year old loves reaching over me and touching the screen just to see what happens.
It tickles her to death, but it drives me nuts because it occasionally causes me to lose work.
Is there any way to turn off the touch screen? [Read more…]
Question from Debbie: How do I get Chrome to search for an image in a new tab and not go to Google Lens?
I used to be able to right-click and open up a new tab for the image search. But it doesn’t work like that anymore.
Now I get taken to Google Lens and all I get is prices for the clothing similar to what was in the picture. Very frustrating! [Read more…]