windows
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Let Windows 10 Figure Out When To Automatically Update Your PC
There are a lot of new features — some big, some small, some minuscule — in Microsoft’s big May 2019 update for Windows 10. I already covered a few of my favourites (the “coolest ones,” as I put it), but I’ll be going through the rest of the update and highlighting other interesting tweaks that…
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How To Find Your Local And External IP Address
Your device’s IP address is a critical piece of information that you probably don’t think about very much. You’ll occasionally need it for some network-related setups (if you’re trying to punch a hole in your network to access the contents of your NAS box, run a web server, or connect to your home-grown VPN, to…
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Increase Your Privacy In Windows 10 With ‘O&O ShutUp10’
Windows: While a normal Windows 10 installation isn’t usually that difficult to manage, there’s probably a lot running under the hood of your operating system that annoys you. Maybe it’s a feature or two you wish you could turn off, or perhaps you’re concerned about what kind of data Microsoft collects on that which you…
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Update WinRAR On Your PC Right Now
Last month a 19-year-old bug was discovered in WinRAR, the software many PC users use to extract .zip and other files on their computer. While the company was quick to patch the bug, that match requires users to update their software in order to be safe — and a lot of people haven’t yet.