In my last column, I looked at how Windows® determines which applications appear on the list of frequently used programs that you see on your Start menu. But why do new users have stuff on their Start menu when they haven’t run anything yet? (If you need to catch up, my last ...
In Windows XP, there is a built-in tool that can be used to back up your files. You can use it before you upgrade Windows XP to Windows 10. Just follow these instructions: 1. In XP, click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup to get the Backup or Restore Wiz...
You can set mitigations in a testing mode for specific programs by using the Windows Security app or Windows PowerShell. Windows Security app Open the Windows Security app. Select the shield icon in the task bar or search the start menu forWindows Security. ...
Another option isShutdown Logger, which is compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7 As the name implies, it tells you when your PC was shut down. However, it adds a few more nice features, including who was logged in before the shutdown and the PC uptime. It offers only a 30-day free tr...
$ which darker /usr/local/bin/darker # possible location On Windows: $ where darker %LocalAppData%\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\darker.exe # possible location Make sure you have the VSCode black-formatter extension installed. Add these configuration options to VSCode (⌘ Command / ...
Microsoft is Customer Zero for our own products, which means we typically try them first, put them through their paces, and send our feedback to the product group. Usage has steadily increased since we adopted Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales internally. “We’ve had a great Customer...
Which of the above methods should you choose? It’s all up to you. Some users can prefer Activity Monitor or even the command line, while others will be fine with the menu to force quit applications or Commander One. Anyway, we hope that after reading this article, the question of how...
set "Disallow in Excel" to "Disabled" so that the ASAP Utilities tab can be shown in the Excel Ribbon. This setting is stored (if set) in the registry in the DWORD valueNoExtensibilityCustomizationFromDocumentin for Excel 2016-2024/365: ...
Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit? $ git --version --build-options git version 2.40.0.windows.1 cpu: i686 built from commit: 1d90ca2906dd4b7ddaf0669a13c173ec579d794a sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 4 shell-path: /bin/sh feature: fsmonitor...
These allow you to set various parameters when calling DoWork, which creates a number of threads, each running the same code.DoWork creates a single List to hold strings created from each thread. Each thread then adds some status text to the list....