Tech Tips

Traveling over the holidays? Attach an Apple Air Tag or other tracker to your luggage. This way you know when your luggage has arrived or, if it’s lost, you can see where it is! Use Zoom to have a virtual family gathering and maybe sing a Christmas carol or two together for added fun.Also, don’t […]

Maybe you are thinking why pay to upgrade when it seems to be working fine? The short answer is it may end up costing you much more if you continue to use an outdated unsupported program. The first step in understanding any risks is understanding Microsoft’s Office Product Life Cycle. When Office gets to be […]

– This is probably more for fun than anything else. Astound your friends and family this holiday season and pretend you don’t know what happened and see if anyone can guess how to “fix” the issue on your screen!– Literally, turn whatever you are viewing on your screen upside down by simultaneously holding down the […]

Windows 11 is becoming more and more popular and its time we got to some of those technical tips for Microsoft’s newest operating system as well. The new OS has a cleaner look to it than the previous Windows 10 but is still full of surprises that can be unlocked to make your newer Windows […]

It makes sense that a Windows PC would have a feature called Window Shade. This feature allows you to “pull down the shade” on your screen to shut down your computer. Windows 10 and 11 computers have a cool slide-to-shut down feature, but the capability is hidden until you activate it. This can work on any Windows 10 or […]

You don’t have to minimize all of your open windows just to look at the desktop.Instead, you can use a secret tiny button in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar.Look all the way to the bottom right of your screen, beyond the date and time, and past the little notifications box.There, you’ll find a small […]

Does your Microsoft Windows turn on within a second or two after pressing the power button? If not, probably the best thing you can do for your laptop or desktop computer is to replace that old mechanical hard drive with a new solid state drive from Refresh Computers. How much faster? A new solid state […]