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Did you know that Microsoft uses your computer’s Windows 10 installation to spy on you?
Windows 10 has a “Telemetry and Data Collection” tool that gathers several kinds of user data from your PC and sends it back to Microsoft via the Internet.
Personally, I don’t much like that. [Read more…]
Question from Carl: I’m a photographer and I often edit hundreds of images in a single day. To make thing simple, I have always kept Photoshop set as the default image viewer on my PC.
The problem is, something changed when I upgraded my computer to Windows 10.
Now every time I set Photoshop as the default image viewer, Windows changes it back to the Windows 10 Photo app every time it installs new Windows Updates.
This is very annoying to say the least. How can I stop it from happening?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Bobby E.: I bought a computer at an estate sale a few days ago. The lady told me her dad had built the computer himself a couple of years ago but she didn’t know anything about it. I think I got a good deal because it only cost me $30.
Apparently there’s no operating system on the hard drive, and I’d like to install Windows 10 on it and use this PC as a backup Internet-only computer.
What I’d like to find out is if the CPU is a 32 bit or 64 bit chip. If it has a 64 bit CPU I’d like to install the 64 bit version of Windows 10. How can I find out?
I really appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Have you ever tried switching your laptop to a wired Internet connection when your WiFi connection was spotty?
If so, you probably know that Windows can be pretty stubborn when you try to use a network connection that isn’t set as the default connection.
Luckily, it’s quite easy to change the default network connection in Windows with just a few mouse clicks. I explained how to do it in earlier versions of Windows in this post. Today I’m going to tell you how to do it in Windows 10. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Question from Paula L.: I used to only see notifications from Windows Defender once or twice a day, but after I installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update I started seeing a lot more of them.
Why am I getting so many Windows Defender notifications all of a sudden? They’re beginning to get on my nerves! Is there any way to mute them?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]