Make the Windows 10 Upgrade Notification go away

Kill the Get Windows 10 (GWX) NotificationsYou’ve got Windows 7 or Windows 8, and you’ve decided not to upgrade to Windows 10.

Carry on, then!

If you have Windows 7, you will still get security updates until 2020. If you have Windows 8.1, you’re safe until 2023.

There’s only one problem: That damn GWX (Get Windows 10) notification keeps bugging you about upgrading to Windows 10!

How to make it go away? Read on!

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Quick Fix: Laptop ethernet doesn’t work

The Amazing Ethernet DongleMost people these days use WiFi. I’m not one of them, because the idea of being bathed 24/7 in multi-gigahertz radio waves just isn’t that appealing.

If you’re like me, then that means you’re using the ethernet jack on your puter. And if your puter is a laptop, you may run into a terribly annoying situation where your ethernet just stops working one day.

In a laptop, you can’t replace the ethernet jack and internals without replacing the entire motherboard…

Fortunately, there’s a quick and cheap way to get your ethernet back up and running – without breaking the bank!

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A crash course in 4K UHD, or Ultra High Definition

4K for SmartiesFor awhile now, the talk of the town has been “4K”. We hear a lot about it, and you can even buy a 4K television.

On the other hand, 4K content hasn’t really hit the mainstream yet. In fact, it hardly exists at all.

We do have plenty of new TVs and Blu-ray players that have “4K” printed on them, though.

So what is this magical new format? What is 4K? What is UHD? More importantly, should you care?

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