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starkers's Articles for October, 2016
October 1, 2016 by starkers
In the early days I made it quite clear that I did not like Win 10 and that I'd stick with Win 8.1 because it is fast, stable and reliable.  In fact, I'm still using 8.1 on my main rig and am happy with the choice to remain with it.  However, I have Win 10 0n my HP 2-in1 and like it much better now that I've tweaked it to suit my likes and needs.  In some cases I used 3rd-party apps to achieve the desired result, but often times I could adjust things in 'Settings&#...
October 24, 2016 by starkers
Yup, you read it right, Apple created a one-handed pop out keyboard for both left and right handed users, yet it is locked away because Apple does not want people using it.  Like I said, how stupid is that? You can read more about it here. The only way an IOS user can access this feature is to jailbreak their phone, thus voiding the warranty and possibly messing up the phone entirely.  Perhaps a 3rd-party developer will come up with one.... IF Apple allows it to appear in...
October 23, 2016 by starkers
Okay, just kidding.  Stardock can't do/think of everything; however, this nifty little tool from Nurgo Software is pretty cool.... not to mention somewhat useful. Yup, TidyTabs adds tabbed browsing to Windows Explorer and programs such as Word, Notepad and others. While the program does detect tabbable programs, there is a whitelist and blacklist to either add your own or remove those you don't need or use. I got is earlier and am quite chuffed at how useful it is.... havin...