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If you’ve been a Windows user for any length of time you probably know that there are times when it helps to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
In a nutshell, booting into Safe Mode forces Windows to load just the most basic Windows files and hardware drivers.
This helps a great deal when trying to remove stubborn viruses, track down faulty hardware drivers and resolve a wide range of software issues.
Question from Marie: I have a neurological disorder that makes it hard for me to double-click because my hands shake so bad.
When I bought my computer they set it up for me so that I could click on a desktop icon and it would open with a single click.
Ever since the last update was installed I have to click on an icon twice to get it to open. That’s very difficult for me.
How can I get the single click to start working again?
Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a nifty Autocorrect feature that really comes in handy for people who happen to be poor spellers and/or poor typists (like me for instance).
Lots of folks love Autocorrect and rely on it to help keep their documents as error-free as possible.
However, plenty of other folks find it extremely irritating because, well…it it often “corrects” misspelled words incorrectly.
If you happen to fall into the second group, you can easily disable the Autocorrect feature. [Read more…]
I recently wrote a post explaining how to make the mouse pointer larger in response to a reader who was having trouble tracking the pointer on her computer screen.
The solution I recommended was to simply go into Windows’ Mouse settings and turn on the “Magnified” feature.
That took care of the original question but it raised another related question in the minds of several other readers…
If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you know it’s famous for occasionally “freezing up”.
And unfortunately, when that happens it can be difficult to get the system to respond to your mouse clicks and key presses.