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Kevin’s Picks: Ghostery, A Browser Extension

By Kevin / March 18, 2024

Ghostery provides adblocking, and stops trackers from accessing your personal data, in addition to Cookie pop-ups.

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Quick Tip: Clean Up Search Suggestions and Permissions in Windows 11

By Kevin / March 14, 2024

Microsoft likes to clutter up search results with their “suggestions” (ads). To remove these, you’ll want to disable some settings in Privacy & Security, Here’s how to do that.

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Quick Tip: Turn Off Data Collection and Content Suggestions in Windows 11

By Kevin / March 12, 2024

Microsoft collects certain data right out of the box that you likely want to disable. Even if you disabled all the data collection options when setting up Windows 11, I suggest disabling these four items as well.

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Kevin Talks Tech Episode 6 – Chris Alemany

By Kevin / February 29, 2024

In this episode, I talk with Chris Alemany. We “met” on the social media website called Mastodon, an alternative to Twitter. We became fast friends, He’s a University Instructor, Computer Technician, and Geek! I think you’ll really enjoy our conversation!

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Quick Tip: Keep Microsoft Store Apps Up To Date

By Kevin / February 29, 2024

In this Quick Tip, I will talk about how to update apps from the Microsoft Store.

When it comes to updating our computers, we often think of Windows Updates and updating programs we use, but it’s important to keep Microsoft Store apps up to date as well since many are included in Windows 10 and 11.

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Quick Tip: Get Rid of Google Search Ads with AdGuard

By Kevin / February 14, 2024

In this Quick Tip, I’m talking about hiding sponsored ads when you search on Google using a FREE adblocker feature called AdGuard.

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Kevin’s Picks: Control Panel for Twitter

By Kevin / February 14, 2024

In this pick, I’m talking about the browser extension for Firefox and Chrome called “Control Panel for Twitter”. For those of us who must still use Twitter (now X) out of necessity, in addition to possibly posting more frequently on other Social Media like Mastodon, Threads, BlueSky, etc. this makes the experience of using Twitter much more pleasant.

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System Cleanup Series: Uninstall (Remove) Apps and Programs in Windows 11

By Kevin / February 8, 2024

This blog post is part of my System Cleanup series. One of the best ways to free up some space in Windows 11 is to remove programs and apps you’re not using or no longer want, some of which may have come pre-installed when you purchased your computer and you might not even know are there.

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How To Reset Windows 10

By Kevin / February 3, 2024

Here’s a quick guide on how to reset Windows 10 to it’s out-of-the-box factory state. You can either choose to do a “reinstall”, where it won’t touch any personal files on the drive, or a “clean install”, where Windows will mark the drive as empty and you’ll be starting from scratch. Jump List Navigate To…

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System Cleanup Series: Antivirus

By Kevin / February 1, 2024

In this blog post, I will talk about which antivirus programs I use and recommend. This post is part of my System Cleanup series.

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System Cleanup Series: Removing Malware and Spyware

By Kevin / February 1, 2024

In this blog post, I will talk about the programs I use and recommend to remove malware and spyware from your computer. Scanning for malware or spyware is only necessary if you have noticed signs of malware or spyware infections and should only be used as a temporary measure to get things working well enough so you can backup any data you can in preparation for a clean install of Windows.

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Check Out This Petition For the Canadian Government to Build it’s Own Mastodon Server to Engage with Canadians

By Kevin / January 30, 2024

It is long overdue for the federal government to NOT be relying on corporate Social Media networks and be at the mercy of their whims and policies.

Check out this petition for the Canadian Government to join the Fediverse and build it’s own Mastodon server to engage with Canadians.

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System Cleanup Series: Startup Items in Windows 11

By Kevin / January 30, 2024

The more programs that are running at any given time WILL affect performance. Here’s how to disable any items you don’t need running all the time.

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These Are The Settings You Should Change After You Install Firefox

By Kevin / January 24, 2024

In this blog post, I walk you through the steps I recommend taking to configure Firefox to make it more user friendly, and provide better overall experience with a webs browser you’re likely to use almost every day.

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System Cleanup Series: Driver Booster

By Kevin / January 17, 2024

In this FREE blog post, I will walk you through the basics of using Driver Booster from IOBIT. They offer FREE and PRO versions. I strongly recommend the PRO version, particularly because it allows you to upgrade multiple drivers at once before restarting your computer. This blog post is part of my System Cleanup series.…

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System Cleanup Series: Setup Driver Booster

By Kevin / January 17, 2024

This blog post is part 2 of a 3-part series that walks you through the steps I recommend to download, install, and set up Driver Booster. Perhaps more importantly, it’s part of the System Cleanup steps I recommend. To be clear, the FREE version contains upsell messages, but the program itself is solid and works…

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These Are the Apps I Recommend Getting Rid of After Installing Windows 11

By Kevin / January 16, 2024

Here are the pre-installed Windows 11 apps and third party programs that I remove every time I setup a computer, and how to remove them. Every computer is different and will have different apps pre-installed, including those from third parties.

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System Cleanup Series: Downloading and Installing Driver Booster

By Kevin / January 15, 2024

Here’s how you can download and install Driver Booster from IOBit.

This is part of my three-part How To Guide on downloading, installing, and using Driver Booster, which are part of my System Cleanup series.

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