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Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Microsoft's Windows 11 is Coming
Microsoft is going to announce Windows 11 soon, per the video below.
This is a list of the features described.
This is a list of the features described.
Thursday, June 10, 2021
I'm a Digital Hoarder
I got a new laptop at work in April and, yesterday, I had the idea to empty the Recycle Bin. I took this screenshot around 6 AM so that means it should be complete around 10 AM.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Thursday, January 21, 2021
It's Never Too Late
Is it too late to "start the new year off with tips to organize [my] life for the year ahead"? Nah. This is from an article I saw yesterday.
New year. New habits. |
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Start the new year off with tips to organize your digital life for the year ahead. |
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Eliminate desktop clutter with a quick shake of your mouse or finger. |
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Clean up your taskbar by removing distractions and keeping the icons you want. |
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Free up space by turning on Storage Sense to clear out unwanted files. |
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Personalize your start menu for easier access to your favorite apps. |
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Trying MusicBee
I think I am giving up on Windows Media Player. Yesterday, I created a collection of KISS tunes that I wanted to call "00_S1ngles" and when I used the "Find Album Info" and the window where I used to be able to define an album has been changed. There is no longer the option to manually change MP3 file information - I have to choose a pre-defined album, which is not what I want at all.
Thus, I am giving up on Windows Media Player and going to try a freeware called MusicBee. As you can see in the screenshot below, I am creating a library with all 6 of my EHDs.
Thus, I am giving up on Windows Media Player and going to try a freeware called MusicBee. As you can see in the screenshot below, I am creating a library with all 6 of my EHDs.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
7 to 10 Prep
My work laptop runs Windows 7, which is no longer supported. I need to prepare to be upgraded to Windows 10. I don't want to "forget" what I have installed on my laptop so I went looking for a way to get a list of installed programs. I found this Generate a List of Installed Programs in Windows
Friday, January 10, 2020
Ivan Jenic is Busy!
Editor's Note: Someone needs to fix the HTML in the red boxes as well as the purple box because the "alt" tag should not be seen.
Monday, September 16, 2019
I Really Don't Mind This Tip Except...
As I was scanning through my emails this AM, I saw my WindowsTips email arrived at 5:01 AM. It made me pause and wonder, "Someone actually was awake enough prior to 5:01 AM to send out the email?" Then I settled upon the idea that there is such a thing as automated sending of email - even Microsoft Outlook has it - and resolved my own question by presuming the email was finished prior to 5:01 AM and was sent out through an automated job. These were the tips in today's WindowsTips email arrived at 5:01 AM:
I am using Windows 7 so I am not interested in HEVC and HEIF files at the moment. I know that the Add UserForms to Your Macros tip is a class and I'm unlikely to pay for it so I am uninterested. The Narrator functionality is not something I really need at this point, though I did notice that the icon associated with "an accessibility feature designed for people who have trouble reading text that's on the screen" is in a wheelchair, which is fine, but it made me wonder if there was some sort of automated process that searched for and selected that icon based upon the "accessibility" keyword. I have no idea if icons can be automatically assigned based upon search criteria - maybe I'm thinking too much about it. The final tip was more interesting to me - Repairing Your System Using a System Repair Disk - so I clicked the link.
As it turns out, I was right about it being interesting. I read the first sentence and while I don't mind how the first sentence establishes the prerequisite for using the article, I do quibble about the way that first sentence is unhelpful. Here's the first sentence - "Assuming you've created a system repair disk (which is covered in another tip), you can use it to get your system up and running if it crashes and cannot be booted via normal means. It made me pause and wonder, "Well, if I don't have a system repair disk, where is the article to read about doing that? That's why I think it would be more helpful if which is covered in another tip was a hyperlink to that other tip, which is located here.
As it turns out, I was right about it being interesting. I read the first sentence and while I don't mind how the first sentence establishes the prerequisite for using the article, I do quibble about the way that first sentence is unhelpful. Here's the first sentence - "Assuming you've created a system repair disk (which is covered in another tip), you can use it to get your system up and running if it crashes and cannot be booted via normal means. It made me pause and wonder, "Well, if I don't have a system repair disk, where is the article to read about doing that? That's why I think it would be more helpful if which is covered in another tip was a hyperlink to that other tip, which is located here.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Monday, January 14, 2019
This is the Type of Geeky Tip I Crave
Yesterday, I was shoveling snow at the same time as my neighbor Matt. He works for a company in Cedar Rapids and is a Quality Assurance Manager. We started talking about work and processes and standardizing processes across the company. It was the type of conversation about work and technical writing that I cherish. We talked about automating processes and, with that in mind, being able to back up files in the manner described in this article - Renaming Folders Pinned to Quick Access - is a good thing.
Monday, December 31, 2018
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Monday, October 8, 2018
One to Two to Three!
What a day! When I was looking at Renaming Multiple Files at the Same Time, a comment led me to http://www.fauland.com/, which led me to http://www.fauland.com/download.htm, which looks really useful.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
How Stupid Software Developers Can Be
It amazes me how stupid software developers can be. I just saw this on Microsoft: Upcoming Windows Update Might Fail If Your Hard Drive is Too Full Justin Pot @jhpot September 21st, 2018 and I'm mystified by what I read.
Side note: The above sentence could use a rewrite to end up like this: According to Microsoft, full hard drives could cause an upcoming Windows update to fail and the system will not check for adequate storage space before installing.
Back to the point of this post. Just who in the h-e-double toothpicks thought that it would be a good idea to add a check for adequate storage space before installing?!?!? Do software developers ever use software?!?!? I can't imagine any software developer I know who wouldn't throw a temper tantrum if they went to install new software that didn't check for adequate hard drive space prior to installing the software. Why? Simple: software installers have been doing that type of check since at least 1994, when I worked with a PC that ran Windows 3.1 and had a hard drive without adequate hard drive space to install Office 97. I remember inserting my 3.5" Install Disk 1 and seeing an error message that told me "You dodn't have enough space to install this!" Thank God for HowtoGeek.com, which offers this piece of advice:
Too bad howtogeek.com has to pick up the slack of stupid software developers.
Editor's Note: You should not infer that the author believes ALL software developers are stupid.
Full hard drives could cause an upcoming Windows update to fail,
according to Microsoft,
and the system will not check for adequate storage space before installing.
Side note: The above sentence could use a rewrite to end up like this: According to Microsoft, full hard drives could cause an upcoming Windows update to fail and the system will not check for adequate storage space before installing.
Back to the point of this post. Just who in the h-e-double toothpicks thought that it would be a good idea to add a check for adequate storage space before installing?!?!? Do software developers ever use software?!?!? I can't imagine any software developer I know who wouldn't throw a temper tantrum if they went to install new software that didn't check for adequate hard drive space prior to installing the software. Why? Simple: software installers have been doing that type of check since at least 1994, when I worked with a PC that ran Windows 3.1 and had a hard drive without adequate hard drive space to install Office 97. I remember inserting my 3.5" Install Disk 1 and seeing an error message that told me "You dodn't have enough space to install this!" Thank God for HowtoGeek.com, which offers this piece of advice:
We recommend trying the Free Up Space tool, shown above. Find it in Settings > System > Storage to free up some space before running the October 2018 update.
Too bad howtogeek.com has to pick up the slack of stupid software developers.
Editor's Note: You should not infer that the author believes ALL software developers are stupid.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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