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It depends on where the files are located. If the files are on a removeable memory card, it’s easy! Just shut down the phone, remove the memory card, plug the card into a PC’s card reader and use any of the gazillion free and paid file-recovery tools available. (Examples.) No card reader? You can buy…
Win7 has been on life-support for a long time. But yesterday, it entered its final year: On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop all support for Win7. If you’re still running Win7, it’s really time to move on! See this Tom’s Hardware article for a good overview. Permalink: https://langa.com/?p=1678 Want to ask Fred a question?…
The files will then be doubly-encrypted; once by TrueCrypt, and once by the ransomware. The good news is that the malware can’t read the contents of your TrueCrypt-encrypted files. That’s not what ransomware is really about anyway: It’s not designed to snoop; it’s just designed to take your files hostage. But the bad news is…
Yes, with one exception; especially if you mean doing a full shutdown, followed by a full restart some time later. All reasonably current PCs have well-developed power-management systems that are designed to reduce unnecessary energy consumption during use, while the PC is idling, and during restart. Because energy consumption is directly correlated with wear-and-tear of…
In Windows, it’s easy! Open Device Manager by your preferred means (e.g. use search/run/cortana and enter “device manager” or “devmgmt.msc”; or open device manager in Control Panel/Devices and Printers/device manager; etc.). See Fig 1. To make sure you’re seeing everything, click View, and select Show hidden devices. Fig 2. Scroll down the list of devices:…
With great difficulty. MS-Paint is a very simple tool. You can cut and paste, but you cannot blend edges or do any other adjustments to make the final image look like anything other than what it is — a crude cut and paste. Windows 10 has Paint 3D, which offers a “smart select” tool to…
Laptop noise usually comes from four components: the cooling fans; any spinning-media data-storage device (e.g. hard drive or DVD); the keyboard; and the speakers. We’ll discuss those in reverse order, and immediately discount the speakers: I seriously doubt that’s the kind of noise you were referring to! You can just turn down the volume, or…
Q*: How can I check which .Net version is installed on a Windows 7 PC without administrative rights? A: There are many ways to check, regardless of Windows version or Admin status. Most only take a few seconds. For example, try this: Open Windows’ built-in Registry editor (RegEdit), and click to: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full With…
Nope — not if you’re smart about how you set it up! Older, slower drives are great for medium-to-long-term data storage — files that you want to have handy and accessible, but that are not in constant use. Think of things like music, photo, or video collections; backup copies; system images; ISOs; and so on….
A reader* asks: “How do I install Win 10 on a Win7 PC with no internet access?” Easily! Use Microsoft’s free Media Creation Tool to create a 100% legit, fully-functional setup DVD or flash drive. Here’s how: ● Using any other PC with internet access, go to this page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 ● Find the Create Windows…