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Heads-Up: Windows 11 is coming soon

Posted on June 25, 2021

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Soon after Microsoft released Windows 10 back in July 2015 I began receiving occasional questions from folks asking when they would be releasing Windows 11.

Every time someone asked I emailed my contact on the Windows 10 Development Team to find out when Microsoft would be releasing Windows 10’s successor. The answer was always an emphatic…

“There will be no successor. Windows 10 is the last version of Windows ever.“

Therefore, that was always my answer as well.

And as you can see here, the folks at TechRadar were receiving the same answer from Microsoft.

Well now it appears that the powers that be at Microsoft have changed their mind.

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Make your laptop’s battery last longer with a Power Efficiency Report

Posted on November 23, 2020

Does it seem like your laptop’s battery charge runs out sooner than it should? Well, it seems like they always do to me.

Assuming that the laptop battery isn’t defective, there are a number of power settings that you can tweak in order to make a charge last as long as possible.

The key is determining which settings to tweak in order to gain the most benefit without hampering your ability to use your laptop effectively.

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How to access your PC’s UEFI Firmware settings in Windows 10

Posted on October 5, 2020

In Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows it was easy to access a PC’s BIOS settings.

All you had to do was press a special key right after you pressed the power button and you’d be taken directly to the “BIOS Settings” screen.

Once on that screen you could make several changes to system behavior (choosing which drive to boot from, for example).

Likewise, you could display the “Boot Options” menu simply by pressing the F8 key immediately after pressing the power button.

But things are different with newer machines that were designed to run Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. [Read more…]

How to use the Onscreen Keyboard in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

Posted on June 21, 2020

By now you are probably quite familiar with the onscreen keyboard that pops up whenever you access a text box on your mobile device.

What most people don’t know however is recent versions of Microsoft Windows come with onscreen keyboards as well.

You might be wondering why you would ever want to use an onscreen keyboard when your PC already has a full-size physical keyboard.

Well, there are several situations in which an onscreen keyboard can come in handy. Here are a couple that arise fairly often : [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I create a Standard user account that can use all of my programs in Windows 10?

Posted on May 26, 2020

Question from Aldrena K.: I have an Acer desktop computer running Windows 10.

I have always just used the Administrator account for everything I do on the computer, but I read on your site why that’s a bad idea.

I created a Standard user account for myself, but it only gives me access to the same programs that my son uses on his account.

How can I create a Standard user account for myself that lets me use all of my installed programs?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

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