How To Tame Context Menus – Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part article. In Part 1, we covered what a context menu is, looked at the four context menus that we are taming, and explained three native techniques for removing...
View ArticleHow To Insert Pictures Into Documents
Every now and then you may have a reason to put a picture in your documents. Maybe you just want to spice it up some or perhaps you need a picture to make your point clearer. Whatever the reason, you...
View ArticleA Quick Look At QuickLook
How to add a MacOS-type QuickLook file preview to Windows. Anyone who has used a Mac is familiar with a handy feature called QuickLook. On a Mac, you can preview a file by pressing on the spacebar....
View ArticleHow To Set As Default In Paragraph Settings
You most likely have noticed the Set As Default option when you were in your Paragraph Settings window when adjusting tab stops or indention. It’s not a big deal, really. It is actually quite easy to...
View ArticleDoes Junk Slow Down A Windows PC?
Do temporary files and unused entries in the Windows Registry slow down a modern Windows computer? I am sure you have heard the arguments. Some say that it does not matter how many temporary files you...
View Article4 Handy Windows Tips
Here are four Windows tips you may or may not know about. If the latter, you might find them handy: Hyperlinks turn text into a clickable link that then opens a specific website. To create a hyperlink...
View ArticleTop 7 Microsoft PowerToys – Update
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities developed by Microsoft for use with the Windows operating system. These programs add or change features to improve productivity or add customization. A while...
View ArticleIf Windows 12 Sucks Would You Consider Moving To Linux?
A recent email discussion between myself and DCT’s Editor, Richard Pedersen (who is also my mate), regarding the advent of a Windows 12 (or whatever the next iteration is called), prompted the question...
View ArticleExtract Text From Images With Snipping Tool
Microsoft is adding more and more functionality to the Snipping Tool app in Windows 11 and the most recent additions include OCR and a “Redact text” feature. NOTE: These new features are currently...
View ArticleEverything Toolbar Makes Everything Better
Everything, that has been around for 18 years, is used by many DCT readers. Many readers may have read Marc Thomas’s post Everything – Windows Search At Light Speed. Everything is on DCT’s list of...
View ArticleHow To Remove Snooping And Ads In Windows 11
Overview Windows 11 has many settings and preferences that provide Microsoft with information about you. Some of the information that Microsoft collects includes browsing history data, device...
View ArticleHow To Print A Very Large Photo
I have three sources of inspiration for my articles: waiting for my computer to break, waiting for someone else’s computer to break, and waiting for my Uncle to want something done. And the winner is –...
View ArticleHow To Delete A Problem File
I was trying to save some information from X. I saved it as a PDF file but couldn’t open it. I assumed it was corrupted or didn’t save properly so I tried to delete it and couldn’t even do that. I...
View ArticleWindows Update – New Functionality
Today, I looked at Windows Update on my computer and saw a new update available, specifically 2023-10 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5031455), and I...
View ArticleHow To Add Page Numbers To Footers
Say you are working with a table of contents in Word and you decide you would like to customize something like page numbers. Navigating to the header and footer area is the last place most folks will...
View ArticleHow To KillFiles – Delete Locked Files
I wrote before about using the CMD prompt to delete files that are hard to delete because they might be locked by the system. In my case, I had a file with an extra-long name. I couldn’t rename,...
View ArticleHow To Change Page Orientation In Word
We covered inserting a section break in a previous post and I promised to follow up with changing page orientation. There are many reasons why one might want to change the orientation in your documents...
View ArticleHow To Launch Thunderbird At System Startup
I rarely turn off my desktop computer but sometimes I need a restart. Of all the programs that open automatically on startup, I would like my email program, Thunderbird, to be one of them. Thunderbird,...
View ArticleAre Windows Issues Often Self-Inflicted?
I firmly believe that many issues with Windows are caused by the user’s bad habits and can often be put down to what I call a “messy” system. Numerous factors contribute to a messy system, including:...
View ArticleHow To Use Breaks In Word
Folks who are not in the know often make the mistake of creating new sections or pages by simply hitting their Enter key repeatedly until they have created the appearance of a new page or a new section...
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