There are some things you can change about the Windows 11 taskbar – and some things you can’t The first thing that my computer support clients usually notice about the Windows 11 taskbar is that its contents are centred – not left-aligned as in previous versions of Windows. I can’t help thinking that this is …
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Upgrade to Windows 11?
Windows 10 Update never misses an opportunity to promote Windows 11 More about whether you should upgrade to Windows 11 in a moment – but what if your computer will not run Windows 11? The main reason is likely to lie in a piece of hardware that your computer might lack. It is called Trusted …
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Microsoft PowerToys
This is a suite of free utilities from Microsoft that you can add to Windows 10 or Windows 11 Microsoft PowerToys first saw the light of day as an add-on for Window 95. That’s the best part of 30 years, now, but it seems that most of my own IT Support clients are unaware of …
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Windows 11 File Explorer tabs
Tabs have finally arrived for Windows 11 – but not Windows 10 Tabs in File Explorer are like tabs in a browser. They allow you to have several “views” (different drives and folders,) open at the same time. At the click of a mouse you can move between the tabs to see the different views. …
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Windows 8.1 End of Support
If you are still using Windows 8.1 then you will soon need to make a decision Support for Windows 8.1 will end on January 10th 2023. If you are still using it now, you are going to be receiving regular popups nudging you to take some action – or, at least – to make a …
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Power Options in Windows
What’s the difference between “shut down” and “restart” on a Windows computer? On a Windows computer, you are offered several options if you choose the power option in the Start menu to close the computer. These are usually “Sleep, Shut down, and Restart”. Sleep This option does not close the computer down. Instead, it closes …
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Predictive typing in Word and Windows (10 & 11)
Do you remember the good old days of the Microsoft “Clippy” character in Microsoft Word? If you started to create a document that looked anything like a letter then it popped up a totally useless box with a totally fatuous and infantile piece of clipart, and a caption saying “It looks like you’re writing a …
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Windows 11 Unbroken
It’s been nearly a month since I bit the bullet and created a clean installation of Windows 11 (see my previous blog posts on 23/10/21 and 01/01/22) Here’s the good news – it’s been working smoothly and almost perfectly, and I now have a fairly high degree of confidence that I’m not tempting providence by …
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Windows 11 – the story so far
Upgrading to Windows 11 may not be the doddle it appears Since my blog post of 23rd October (Windows 11 – first look), several of my IT Support clients have asked me for an update on my Windows 11 experience. Should they update to Windows 11? Do they need a new computer? Well, I’m afraid …
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Windows 11 – first look
Windows 11 was released earlier this month and is now starting to be offered for free upgrade to Windows 10 users if their hardware supports it I backed up my Windows 10 computer (just in case) and installed the update just two days before this blog post was published. That means I don’t have in-depth …
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