Category Archives: Windows

Some time ago I wrote a post, Remote assistance in Windows 10, where I explained how to configure the Windows 10  Remote Assistance. ________________ P.S. 5/2023 – see  Assistenza rapida: l’utile app per ricevere/fornire assistenza da remoto cambia interfaccia ________________ In … Continua a leggere →

Very often it is useful to have one link, on a WordPress post, opens in a new tab. In this way the user can download a file or see another site/post without loosing the article he is reading and so … Continua a leggere →

Può tornare assai utile avere a disposizione la possibilità di specificare a Windows 10 in quale lingua uno sta scrivendo in modo che vengano evidenziati eventuali errori di battitura. Ho già scritto un post specifico relativamente a come avere una … Continua a leggere →

Possibly you too use the preview pane available in Windows File Explorer: I find it very useful to check if the file I am looking for is the selected one! I changed my PC and I noticed that the preview … Continua a leggere →

I always used the “Request a Read Receipt” option available in Outlook whenever I liked to know if the receiver read an email I sent him. Really he always could refuse to send that notification to me (so he could … Continua a leggere →

I had an old (2009) Olibook P1500 with Windows 7. In the following, I will give some advice to those who want to upgrade it to Windows 10. In fact, the problem is that Olivetti does not support anymore this … Continua a leggere →

Some years ago in a post related to useful free tools and among them I listed the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool. It allows to extract an ISO on a USB pen (greater than 4GB), avoiding to waste a DVD when … Continua a leggere →

It may happen that for any reason no user on a PC have anymore administrator rights. It could be because of an incorrect procedure in changing user rights … as it happened to me! 😦 Usually as soon as I … Continua a leggere →

Ho già precedentemente analizzato come si può avere un controllo ortografico ed addirittura grammaticale quando si scrive utilizzando il browser Edge. In questo post mostro come sia possibile attivare una correzione ortografica quando invece si usa il browser Chrome. Anche … Continua a leggere →

Recently, and randomly, I started getting, on my Windows 10 PC, boring Reddit notifications on a black popup window, in the bottom right. Reddit, I read in Wikipedia, is “an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. … Continua a leggere →

In my post Nice tools/services (for free) … and other useful links I already listed Audacity as a very nice tool. I already said that it is a free multi-track audio editor and recorder (for Windows; LADSPA plug-ins 0.4.15 installer. It … Continua a leggere →

Sometime some friend ask me how to let Windows 10 choose the more appropriate app for you when you click on a file with a specific extension (e.g. a .jpg photo). Windows 10 has its default apps but possibly they … Continua a leggere →

I know that the newest thin laptop and tablet even do not have a DVD reader! However, it may happen that you have one old style one that has it or you have a USB DVD reader and you want … Continua a leggere →

Se non si è soliti creare un evento su Facebook, può facilmente accadere di pubblicarlo come “privato”: infatti di default, quando si preme il pulsante Crea evento in  Altro -> Eventi, risulta impostata l’opzione Crea evento privato. Tuttavia la visibilità di … Continua a leggere →