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If you have a newer PC with Windows 10 or Windows 11 on it, chances are you like it. I hope you do anyway.
Personally, I think the most recent versions of Windows are OK, but there’s one thing about them that I don’t like one bit.
I’m guessing you won’t be all that fond of it either. [Read more…]
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Question from Matthew: I have a Dell laptop that I upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Before the upgrade, whenever I would delete a file it went into the “Recycle Bin” where I could recover it later if I wanted to.
But now under Windows 11, all the files that I delete are gone forever and nothing ever gets placed into the Recycle Bin.
How can I fix this? [Read more…]
Question from Brenda: Hi, Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for a over a year now, and I love it. Great stuff for us tech-challenged folks!
Now that I’ve buttered you up (I hope!) I have a question for you.
I have a Windows computer and the notification messages that pop up in the lower right corner of the screen disappear before I notice them and have time to read them.
Is there any way to make those notifications stay on the screen longer? [Read more…]
Microsoft made a number of changes to the visual user interface in Windows 11.
I found some of those changes to be good ones, but some of them could have benefited from a little more forethought.
Four great examples are the Search, Copilot, Task View and Widgets buttons that are displayed on the Taskbar by default in Windows 11. [Read more…]
Question from Kim: I have a 2 year old Windows laptop that appears to be infected with viruses because it acts weird all the time and it runs really slow.
Also, my Norton software keeps finding two viruses that it can’t remove and I don’t know what to do next.
I’ve heard that resetting Windows will remove all the viruses from the system. Is that true or do you think I should just break down and buy a new laptop?
If you think I can just do the reset can you tell me how do to it? [Read more…]