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Warning: Make sure you back up your PC before installing the ‘Windows 10 October 2018 Update’!

Posted on October 4, 2018

Well, Microsoft has now released their massive annual Fall update for this year.

They’re referring to it as the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, and as usual they’re preparing to roll it out to user’s PCs in stages.

This update is already available for folks who want to install the update manually instead of waiting for it to “roll out” to their machines via the regular update cycle.

Lots of folks have already installed the update on their machines with with no problems whatsoever, but others haven’t been so lucky.

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Warning: The upcoming ‘Windows 10 October 2018 Update’ might break your PC’s Windows installation.

Posted on September 25, 2018

Well, October is just around the corner and that means Microsoft will soon be releasing the annual Fall update to Windows 10.

Unfortunately, the upcoming release of the “Windows 10 October 2018 Update” will end up preventing a lot of PCs from booting up into Windows after the update is installed.

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Q&A: How can I stop my Windows tablet from automatically typing a period every time I double-tap the spacebar?

Posted on August 14, 2018

Question from Jason: I recently bought a tablet with Windows 10 and I think it has a buggy onscreen keyboard.

Every time I tap the space bar twice in a row it automatically types a period after the last word I typed.

I don’t like that because I use a lot of double spaces and I have to go back and delete the period every time.

I’m thinking this has to be a bug in the software (it’s an el-cheapo tablet). Do you know if there’s a fix for it?

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Q&A: How can I download the Windows 10 Lock Screen images to my hard drive?

Posted on July 18, 2018

Question from Rhonda A.: Hi Rick. I have a question for you.

I recently bought a new computer and I just love the pictures that Windows 10 puts on the Lock Screen.

Is there any way to copy those pictures to my hard drive so I can use them as background images? I tried right-clicking on them and that doesn’t bring up a menu or anything.

If you don’t know of a way to do this it’s ok. Thanks for your help.

Rick’s answer: I love those Lock Screen images too, Rhonda. And yes, there is indeed a way to copy them to your hard drive.

There’s a neat little free app in the Windows Store that was designed specifically to download Windows Spotlight photos to your hard drive.

It’s called SpotBright, and here’s how to install and use it: [Read more…]

How to install a PDF printer on your Windows 10 PC

Posted on June 26, 2018

Did you know that Windows 10 includes a native PDF printer?

Well, it does, and it’s typically installed by default when the Windows installation is created.

To save a document in most any program/app as a PDF file you would simply select Print to PDF (or something similar) from the Print dialog.

However, for whatever reason the default Microsoft PDF printer isn’t installed along with Windows 10 on every PC.

You’ll know that’s the case with your computer if you don’t see the “Print to PDF” option when you click File>Print or press Ctrl–P.

Luckily, it’s very easy to install the default Microsoft PDF Printer on your Windows 10 machine if wasn’t installed along with Windows. Just follow these steps: [Read more…]