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Windows 11

The Ultimate Guide To Organizing Your PC Files

Posted on June 15, 2024May 30, 2024 by cynmackley

Keeping your files organized on Windows 11 makes it easier to find important documents, photos, and other data. Today, we'll get started on getting things organized with a step-by-step guide.

Posted in Computer Terms, File & Disk Management, Windows 11Tagged file explorer, file organization, file trees, windows, Windows 11Leave a comment

8 Steps to Clean Up Your PC

Posted on June 8, 2024May 26, 2024 by cynmackley
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Regularly cleaning up your Windows 11 PC helps maintain its performance and makes sure you have enough storage space. Follow these 8 steps to maintain you computer and make room.

Posted in Computer Terms, File & Disk Management, Windows 11Tagged 8 steps to clean up your PC, clean up your pc, optimize your disk, windows, Windows 11Leave a comment

Stop ads in your Start Menu

Posted on May 11, 2024April 28, 2024 by cynmackley
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Microsoft is slipping ads into the Windows 11 Start Menu. These will come in the form of "recommendations." Here's how to turn them off.

Posted in Computer Terms, Windows 11Tagged personalize start menu, start menu, Windows 11, windows start menu ads1 Comment

New Microsoft Copilot Commands

Posted on March 9, 2024March 6, 2024 by cynmackley
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Windows is rolling out some updates to its Microsoft Copilot AI that will allow you to easily make changes to your settings by simply typing in simple commands.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Windows 11Tagged ai, Microsoft Copilot, Windows 11Leave a comment

Share files to nearby devices

Posted on March 3, 2024February 19, 2024 by cynmackley

Learn how to share files to nearby devices in Windows 11.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, File & Disk Management, Windows 10Tagged sharing files, sharing files to nearby devices, sharing files via Bluetooth, Windows 11, windows 11 file sharingLeave a comment

Meet Paint Cocreator

Posted on November 25, 2023November 11, 2023 by cynmackley
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Among the additions to MS Paint in the latest update to Windows 11 is a new AI assistant called Cocreator. Let's check out how it works.

Posted in Computer Terms, Windows 11Tagged paint, Windows 11Leave a comment

Try Microsoft Co-Pilot

Posted on November 17, 2023November 20, 2023 by cynmackley
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We check out the preview of Microsoft Copilot.

Posted in Windows 11Tagged ai, Microsoft Copilot, Windows 11Leave a comment

Microsoft Finally Kills Free Windows 10 Upgrades

Posted on October 8, 2023November 12, 2023 by cynmackley
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Free upgrades to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and 8 were supposed to have ended in July of 2016. However, Microsoft didn't really enforce that and users were still able to user their product keys from Windows 7 and 8 to activate the upgrade to 11.

Posted in Computer Terms, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8Tagged free windows upgrade, windows, Windows 11, windows 7, windows 8Leave a comment

Wow! Look what MS Paint does now

Posted on September 30, 2023September 22, 2023 by cynmackley
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Microsoft has added an awesome new feature to MS Paint that make the decades old program more powerful than ever.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Photo Editing, Windows 11Tagged drop out layers in paint, ms paint, new paint features, Windows 11Leave a comment

How to pause Task Manager Processes

Posted on August 27, 2023August 17, 2023 by cynmackley
young woman helping senior man with payment on internet using laptop

Here's a handy keyboard shortcut to use with Task Manager.

Posted in Shortcuts & Keyboard Tricks, Windows 11, Windows Tricks & TipsTagged Keyboard Shortcuts, pause processes in task manager, task manager, Windows 11, windows tipsLeave a comment

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