Enlist some outside help
If your Laptop is running super slow reach out to a PC repair vendor like Tampa PC Consultants who look and Diagnose the issue. It could be failing Hardware to corrupt software.
Tech Tip Tuesday:
Lighten the startup load
On Windows, open Settings (via the cog icon on the Start menu), then choose Apps and Start-up to see a list of programs starting up with the OS. Disable the ones you don’t need for a faster start up
Tech Tip Tuesday:
Clear out the clutter
get rid of games you haven’t played in ages, and applications you tried for a bit but then abandoned. You can easily install this software again, if needed.The same principle goes for the extensions and add-ons weighing down your browser
Tech Tip Tuesday:
DISABLE AUTOPLAY VIDEOS IN CHROME
Another quick Chrome tip: You can now turn off autoplay videos! 🙌
In the Chrome address bar, paste this: chrome://flags/
On your keyboard press CTRL F (or Command F on a Mac)
Type autoplay
Click the dropdown menu and set it to “document user activation required”
Tech Tip Tuesday:
TAKE A SCREENSHOT
On Macs, CMD Shift 3 takes a photo of the entire screen, or you can press the Print Screen button on your Windows keyboard for PCs, and the screenshot can be pasted into any photo-editing software, like Paint or Photoshop.
On Macs, CMD Shift 4 lets you use your mouse and select a portion of your screen to take a screenshot of. On the PC, you can use the Snipping Tool — a program in Windows — to select a specific area of your screen to take a screenshot.
Tech Tip Tuesday:
DOWNLOAD VLC Speaking of installing programs, we highly recommend VLC for all computers. The free and open-sourced software makes it easy to play practically any file format you throw at it
Tech Tip Tuesday:
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR INTERNET BROWSERS
CTRL N: New window
CTRL T: New tab
CTRL Shift T: Reopen last closed tab
CTRL Shift W: Close all open tabs, browser
CTRL W: Close current tab
CTRL Plus: Zoom in
CTRL Minus: Zoom out
CTRL 0: Resets zoom to default
CTRL F: Find in page
