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Get the Most from Windows Timeline

Timeline is a feature in Windows 10 that allows you to pick up websites, documents, and work that you were using any time in the last month, on almost any device or PC. The feature allows you to quickly regain access to the websites or documents…

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Stay Concentrating with Focus Assist and Night Light

If like me you spend long hours working at your PC, you can find there are two things that can really prevent you from being able to concentrate, work, and even sleep afterwards. Fortunately Windows 10 includes two features that can significantly help you get…

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Quickly Fix Windows Update Problems

Sometimes Windows Update can cause problems, such as refusing to download or install updates to your Windows PC. This normally happens because a file or configuration corruption has occurred within the Windows Update system, but the good news is that these problems can be very…

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How to Repair Windows 10 1803 “Hidden Drive” Bug

There’s a bug in the new Windows 10 1803 update that can mean you’re constantly plagued with rogue “Drive Full” notifications. The problem occurs because a UEFI boot partition, which is hidden and used as part of Windows 10’s startup, security, and recovery system, has…

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Managing Flight Mode and Travel Data

This is where Windows 10’s Flight Mode feature comes in useful. You can access Flight Mode in two ways. In the Settings app open Network & Internet and you will see Flight Mode listed in the left panel. Selecting this presents a simple on/off switch for the Flight…

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Introducing Windows Timeline

It can be annoying sometimes, especially if you work on different Windows 10 PCs or other devices such as your smartphone, when you’ve been looking at different websites or documents, and then find you don’t have the addresses any more, or can’t remember what the…

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Find things more quickly with Saved Searches

We all have huge volumes of documents, photos, music, video and more besides, and sometimes finding your own files on your own PC can be tedious and time-consuming. There is a quicker way to achieve this though if you regularly need to search for the…

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Repair Windows Corruptions with the System File Checker

Sometimes you’ll find that you have corrupt, damaged, or missing files in Windows that are causing bugs, problems, or perhaps even blue screens. Faced with the possibility of reinstalling the operating system and all your software what can you do? Well there’s a hidden tool…

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How to Create Secure Passwords

We all need secure passwords for the websites and services we use, but they can be so difficult to use and remember. In this video Mike Halsey guides you through the passwords minefield, discusses what’s not and what is secure, and looks at simple and…

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What I Use

Last Updated: November 2018 Gemini PDA I was always a fan of PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and used to own various Psion PDAs including various models of the Organizer II and Series 3, and the Series 5. The Gemini has been created by UK startup…

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