James: The computer I am using is running the latest version of Windows 10, with the latest updates, JAWS 2021. Following your last post, I used the I F W create recovery boot disk. I chose to save th

Hi Monica, in addition to the F7 hot key: you could use the hot key Control+F7 to jump to the next proofreading error. If Microsoft Word found one a context menu opens with suggestions. Search the rig

I can say, though, that I am actually heartened that a serious and spontaneous discussion of backup media has occurred, period. One of the dumbest things that many computer owners continue to persist

Brian: I agree with everything you wrote, one thousand and one percent Dave

Richard's statement made me pause too. Conventional hard disk drives have been around since the mid 1980s and have gotten better, more reliable, and less expensive during that time. They are much more

Juan. I am afraid, and this is a personal thing of course, that the only way it can be closed is for you to go to task manager, press k until you encounter it, then press delete. I've heard it can't b

Well said!

HI All, I have this weird window that is called kortana where it has a edit box to type stuff to her, and a voice button to enable speaking to her. I can’t seem to get rid of it though, it stays in my

Um, why these weird stats? \ My current rig has 64gb ram, 1tb ssd, i9 10900k, 10-core cpu, and a 4tb 7200rpm hdd for backup/other storage. I also have a nvidia rtx3080 that I use for machine learning

Thank you to everyone who answered this thread. Thanks to your notes, I was successfully able to use it. Sincerely, Monica

Hi, I concur with Brian and others who pointed out that it is important to think about purposes of getting a new computer and choose specs based on them. I myself have settled on a ThinkPad for the ne

- This is the first and primary question anyone planning to purchase a computer should be asking. I have seen far too many of my clients who were sold grossly overspecced systems for what they intend

if I were to configure a new computer, I would tend to copy Randy's selections, but include an internal video and sound card, and maybe purchase a couple of external SSD drives.

- I really do not understand this statement, and I say that as a professional computer tech. I personally prefer SSDs for OS drives just due to the speed factor, but definitely not for reliability or

David, There are things about computers you fundamentally don't understand, and I can prove this by reposting messages you've put up on other lists that indicate you think bigger is better. That's tru

Dave, Do you use the GUI version of IFW or the CLI version? Thanks, Jim Weiss jimweiss72@...

ridiculous. Nobody reasonable would need such a machine for home use, ever. My suggestion is to ignore this post entirely, pointless. Cheers

David: Image for Windows, is very accessible with JAWS. I started using the program with Version 14 of JAWS, and as I said, I boot into the Talking Windows Preinstall Environment for Windows 7, and th

Hi, if I were getting a new computer, here are the things that I would want first would be the amount of ram would be at least 64 gb of ram, the fastest ram that would be supported by the motherboard.

One option to consider, if someone wants to store a lot of stuff, and not rely on the cloud, is a blue ray burner for a computer. You can get them external, but if I were building a new one, I'd get o