Oct 11, 2020 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, OneDrive, OneNote, Windows tips, Windows10
If you use the same email address to log into your Microsoft business and personal accounts, this article will show you how to change the address on your personal account. This is likely only to be true for people in small and medium businesses. You only have a...
Oct 8, 2020 | Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, OneDrive, OneNote, web_services, Windows tips, Windows10
This is the first of several articles about Microsoft accounts. This is familiar ground for long-time readers. I’ve been writing about Microsoft accounts and services for years. These articles will simplify things and help you take advantage of services that you may...
Aug 9, 2020 | Microsoft, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
I don’t want to make you feel bad, but I don’t think you’re using Alt-Tab to switch programs, and I’m not sure I understand that. I use Alt-Tab a hundred times a day, but I suddenly realized that I never see anyone else use it. Why not? It’s a wonderful timesaver that...
Jul 12, 2020 | Cortana, Microsoft, Privacy, Windows tips, Windows10
This is a collection of default settings in Windows that I change to make computers less annoying. It reduces the number of ads for Microsoft disguised as “tips” and “suggestions,” and it softens some of Windows’ rough edges. There are...
May 17, 2020 | Windows tips, Windows10
There are monks in a Tibetan lamasery working patiently to list all nine billion possible names of God, according to a 1953 story by Arthur C. Clarke. By an extraordinary coincidence, there are nine billion Windows keyboard shortcuts. Good news! You already know some...
Apr 15, 2020 | Microsoft, Office, Outlook, Windows tips, Windows10
Have you noticed that scroll bars in Windows 10 get squeezed to a thread or disappear? It’s one of those small annoyances that the authorities slip into our lives to keep us on edge so we can’t concentrate but we’re not sure why. Allegedly....
