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How to open the System Info screen on your PC with a keystroke

Posted on May 12, 2025

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As most long-time Windows users know, the System Information screen lists several important details about your PC’s Windows installation and its key hardware components.

Chances are you take a peek at it every now and then.

I’m also sure you probably know that right-clicking on the This PC desktop icon and then clicking Properties will open it as well.

But there is an even faster way to launch this valuable tool, especially if you don’t keep the “This PC” icon sitting on your computer’s Desktop… [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I reopen a browser tab I closed by accident?

Posted on May 6, 2025

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Question from Danielle: Hello, Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now and it seems that I remember reading a post where you explained how to reopen a browser tab that was closed by accident. Am I right?

I close the wrong tab ALL THE TIME, and I’d really like to know how to open it back up!

I mostly use Chrome if that makes a difference. Thanks!!!! [Read more…]

These handy Windows keyboard shortcuts are real timesavers

Posted on March 14, 2025

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Have you ever noticed that you tend to do many of the same things over and over when using your computer?

Many of those repetitive tasks have keyboard shortcuts that can save you a ton of time once you get used to using them.

I realize that it’s easy to take the keyboard for granted in our mouse-centric world, but it really does help to know a few keyboard shortcuts.

This is especially true if you do a lot of typing and your fingers are almost always on the keyboard anyway.

Here are just a few of the keyboard shortcuts that I use every day: [Read more…]

How to quickly select everything in a document at once

Posted on February 26, 2025

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Have you ever needed to select all the text and images on a web page or other document at the same time?

How about all the cells in spreadsheet or all the data contained in an input box?

Well, there are several ways to select everything at once, but the fastest and simplest way on a Windows PC is to use the handy keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A.

If you have a Mac just press Command+A.

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This is how I prefer to open ‘File Explorer’

Posted on April 19, 2024

The Windows Desktop in every version of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95 has included a “My Computer” icon which opened the handy “Windows Explorer” window when you clicked on it.

All recent versions of Windows till have the “My Computer” icon, but it’s now called “This PC”. And “Windows Explorer” is now called “File Explorer”.

But even though their names have changed, these features still work in much the same way they always have, and they are still two of the most-used components of Windows. [Read more…]