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Buying a new computer or smart phone can be a fun, or very frustrating depending how well the process goes. New device however, will be much faster which in turn will make you more productive. But what do you do with the old computer/laptop of smart phone? You could sell it, give it to family…
When you click on your Android phone in Windows, you can either import photos from your cell phone or just copy them with the Windows File Explorer. Copying the photos is easier and faster than using the Import option as importing scans folders other than your camera folder under certain circumstances. Here is how to…
Screenshots are a quick and efficient way to take a JPG snapshot of an application window or your entire display in seconds without the need to download any external software. Maybe you need to capture a scene from a video, email an image to a friend, or sharing your error message to tech support. Whatever…
You should always wipe your drives, devices, and anything that potentially contained sensitive files before getting rid of it. Whether you are disposing of it, selling it, or giving it away. Securely erase your data first. This is necessary because it is possible to recover deleted files from many types of drives. The data is not…
Have you ever had problems with not being able to access a website, load information, or view documents through your browser? Any problem that hinders your ability to get work done can be a pain. In the second part of this two part article I am going to explain how to harden your security setting…
Have you ever had problems with not being able to access a website, load information, or view documents through your browser? Any problem that hinders your ability to get work done can be a pain. In this two part article I am going to explain the features within Internet Explorer and how to troubleshoot browser…
Are you having any of these problems with your email account? Won’t send Won’t receive Keeps asking for username or password Receive weird pop-up errors in Outlook The ability to receive, download, and open emails and attachments in your email is crucial to your business. Emails can have attachments that can contain invoices, memos,…
Microsoft recently released a new feature called clutter. According to Microsoft Clutter is designed to help you focus on the most important messages in your inbox. It uses machine learning to de-clutter your inbox by moving lower priority messages out of your way and into a new Clutter folder. Ultimately, Clutter removes distractions so you…
