Category Archives: Windows

Don’t Panic: You Can Keep Using Windows 10 Until 2025

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Colins Place

After Microsoft announced Windows 11, several publications raised the alarm that the new OS would make millions of PCs obsolete. Luckily, you can keep using your current PC hardware safely with Windows 10 for at least four more years. Here’s … Continue reading →

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How to Add “Move to” or “Copy to” to Windows 10’s Context Menu

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Colins Place

via How to Add “Move to” or “Copy to” to Windows 10’s Context Menu

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The chips are down for Moore’s law

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Colins Place

09 February 2016: The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore’s … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 high data usage?

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Colins Place

Having updated my computer from Windows 8.1, to Windows 10, I noticed that my data usage went up, considerably. Upon researching online, I found an answer, on a Microsoft Community board. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-files/high-data-usage-with-windows-10/68b4863d-aa3c-4b2c-ad3a-2c2d5bf6e881?page=2&auth=1 The gist of the answer, I found, concerns … Continue reading →

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Active Desktop Recovery in Windows XP

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Colins Place

I was searching for a solution to an active desktop recovery error, on my computer, and found this, and thought I would share:- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/3c4358d1-d9d6-4296-8e28-a5e2248ae318/active-desktop-recovery-error?forum=itproxpsp 1– OPEN NOTEPAD 2– COPY PASTE HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 strComputer = “.” Set objReg = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” … Continue reading →

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