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One monitor, multiple desktops in Windows

By Magic Monk on Thursday, February 20, 2020

So you know how you can swipe left and right on your phone to change desktops? guess what, you can do it in Windows too. Just need to download a program called Fences 🙂

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The cleanest way to uninstall programs in Windows

By Magic Monk on Wednesday, February 19, 2020

How many times have you tried to uninstall something but it wasn’t totally gone? Try it this way. Use CCleaner.

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Take a screenshot of a window

By Magic Monk on Tuesday, February 18, 2020

In this tutorial you learn how to take a screenshot of one window, without any external programs. This is also good for e-mailing a webpage to yourself, since it can capture the contents of a browser window.

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How to show multiple clocks on multiple desktops in Windows 10

By Magic Monk on Monday, February 17, 2020

Using the free desktop customization tool Rainmeter, you can show as many clocks as you want as desktop widdgets and drag them to different desktops (monitors). Cool!

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Installing Office We’ll be done in just a moment

By Magic Monk on Sunday, February 16, 2020

So I was installing office 2016 and it said “We’ll be done in just a moment” for a very long time. I stupidly sat there and waited for it. Guess what, it was done already..

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Fix: Windows cannot be installed to this disk

By Magic Monk on Saturday, February 15, 2020

I got this error message when I was trying to install Windows 8 to a new SSD: “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer’s hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk’s controller is enabled in the computer’s BIOS menu.” In this tutorial I show you how to fix …

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Recycle bin won’t empty in Windows fix

By Magic Monk on Friday, February 14, 2020

So I was trying to empty my recycle bin in Windows 10 but it took a very long time – looked like the system had frozen. So I tried it the command prompt way. It worked. But still, I had to wait for a bit.

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Shut down computer automatically after copying / moving files

By Magic Monk on Thursday, February 13, 2020

Today I introduce you to the program I use to copy / move files, Teracopy. It is useful because it shows you accurately how long it takes to transfer the files and which files were successfully transferred. It also allows you to shut down the computer automatically when the files finish transferring.

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How to snip drop-down menu in Windows 10 and earlier

By Magic Monk on Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Sometimes you need the shortcut key to snip something that disappears with a mouse click (e.g. a context menu). This video shows you how. Operating System: Windows 8, 10, etc

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How to stop a program from running automatically when computer starts (Windows)

By Magic Monk on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Do you want to stop programs such as Spotify, Skype, Dropbox, Adobe update, Java update etc. from running when Windows starts? This tutorial shows you how.

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