Daves Computer Tips

A few months ago, I wrote an article specifically for users who want to transition from Windows to Linux but are being stumped by must-have Windows-only software: What’s Stopping You Transitioning To Linux? In response to that article, which involved installing Windows & Linux on separate internal drives, a reader posed the question, ‘but what about laptops and/or mini PC...

My contact list is not showing on my Facebook page. Then a woman called with the same problem. Normally, here is what I would suggest when a Facebook page or any other web page doesn’t display properly: – restart browser – clear out cache/history – disable ad blockers – disable extensions – update browser – use another browser None of these worked this time, and I think I kno...

As you’d most likely be aware, users have complained bitterly about Microsoft’s insistence on permeating every nook and cranny in Windows 11 with Copilot (AI), and the backlash caused Microsoft to announce it would be pulling back on its Copilot (AI) integration. Both my colleague Marc Thomas and I have expressed doubts over Microsoft’s promised pullback. I’ve previously stat...

We have a new feature on our TiVo cable service that allows us to watch four channels at once. To activate it, go into the TiVo settings. Click on the TiVo button on the remote. The very first button on the top of the remote with the alien-like TV guy on it. In the menu, scroll over to “MULTIVIEW” and click “OK” on the remote. Now you are watching four channels at once. There...

RAM stands for random access memory, and to you and me, it’s the memory modules we have in our computers. Unfortunately, most laymen who are not familiar with RAM confuse PC memory with hard disk space, and I could write a book about the number of times I’ve heard my customers say “My PC is running out of memory”, when what they really mean is that they are running out of dis...