Jul 18, 2016 | Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Always use the right mouse button to drag and drop. That’s it. That’s your tip for the day. Ta ta! Back on Thursday! Oh, all right. I’ll give you some details since you ask nicely. When you drag and drop with the left mouse button – the way you’ve done it your whole...
Jul 4, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 will celebrate its first birthday on July 29. That’s the last day to upgrade a Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer to Windows 10 for free. Here’s the latest Windows 10 news. • Every Windows 8 computer should be upgraded to Windows 10. Windows 8 will quickly...
May 25, 2016 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 10 is a nice operating system. Microsoft should be proud. In the next few years, it will become the dominant platform on computers worldwide, with a long lifespan as the natural successor to Windows 7. But somewhere in Microsoft is a group of people making...
May 8, 2016 | Android, Apple, Microsoft, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft says that the offer to upgrade Windows 7 and 8 computers to Windows 10 for free will end on July 29, one year after the release of Windows 10. The free upgrade was always described as a one-year offer but many people expected Microsoft to extend it...
Apr 28, 2016 | computers, hardware, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
The PC industry just went through the biggest drop in sales in its history. The single biggest reason for the long-term decline is the switch to phones and mobile devices for everyday computing. Microsoft’s free upgrade to Windows 10 contributed to the drop in...
Apr 1, 2016 | updates, Windows tips, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation is a well-known security expert – cranky, contrarian, deeply wedded to the past (his personal computer runs Windows XP), and old-school in his approach to writing programs. His website is defiantly retro, a fine example of...
