Daily Archives: April 24, 2023
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The problem with local administrator accounts
ISSUE 20.17 • 2023-04-24 Look for our BONUS issue on Monday, May 1, 2023! ON SECURITY
By Susan Bradley
Microsoft doesn’t want you to use a local administrator account, whether in a consumer or a business edition of Windows.
But depending upon which sort of user you are, the company is taking two different approaches to “encourage” you to stop using local accounts.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.17.0, 2023-04-24).
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Windows 11 screws up Print Screen — here’s how to fix it
PUBLIC DEFENDER
By Brian Livingston
The behavior of the reliable old Print Screen button on your keyboard, affectionately known as PrtScr or PrtScn, has been radically changed in a preview build of Windows 11, which is almost certain to become the version we will all eventually have to live with.
Microsoft released to members of its Windows Insider program this month a new version of the OS. At this writing, it’s known as Preview Build 22624.1546 of Windows 11 22H2.
If and when this is rolled out to all users in the world as an update, the Print Screen key by default will no longer place a copy of your screen onto the Clipboard. Instead, the key will launch a version of Redmond’s Snipping Tool, which has several new controls to learn.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.17.0, 2023-04-24).
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My favorite OneNote tricks
ONENOTE
By Mary Branscombe
Once you get all your useful information into OneNote, there are some ways to make things go faster.
For a long time, one of the most common feature requests for OneNote was already in the product — being able to have more than one window open at once. It just wasn’t easy to find. There are useful tricks like that in OneNote. Here are my favorites.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.17.0, 2023-04-24).
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RoboMirror — robocopy’s fancy cousin
FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT
By Deanna McElveen
The ability to mirror two folders has been a Windows feature for about 26 years, using the robocopy command at a command prompt.
Now, you can use robocopy with a graphical user interface (GUI), thanks to Martin Kinkelin’s open-source project, RoboMirror.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.17.0, 2023-04-24).