Customize Start Menu

Since Win 8 we have all been deprived from our good old start menu, while the are programs to replace and bring back the old start menu, there is another start menu most people don’t know about,
Right click on the start menu and you’ll get a different menu with some new and straight forward options you could also get to it by clicking on Win+x.
The best part is you could customize this menu and put whichever shortcuts you wish,
For example you might want to create a shortcut for the good old fashion control panel.
Just go to C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX
you will have 3 folders, the start menu is divided in three like this (Pic is Win

simply replace the shortcuts in the folders with the shortcuts of your own choice.

Most up as spend hours a week sitting by a Windows OS, still there is so much we don’t know,
I as starting a thread with useful tricks and hacks you might not know.

You have that small wheel in the middle, it’s not just for scrolling,
Click it.

• Click on a link to open it in a new tab in your browser.

• Click on an open tab to close the tab (usefull when you have 30-50 tabs open and can’t even see the x).

• Click in file explorer on a folder to open in a new tab.

• Open all bookmarks in a folder at once by middle-clicking on the folder in your bookmarks bar.

• Paste text in Firefox with a middle click, by enabling the middlemouse.paste option in about:config

I deal allot with small electronic devices, phones PC’s etc. someone told me a tip a long time ago that saved me, when that one screw falls on the floor, it could take 15-20 min of nerve wrecking searching to find it,
here goes the tip take a sock put in on the top of your vacuum cleaner, and vacuum the floor, the screw will be sucked up and waiting for you to remove him from the sock.

Dynamic Lock

Dynamic Lock is a new feature in Windows 10 Creators Update (1703) which automatically locks your machine if you are away from the device. It works by utilizing a Bluetooth connection to your phone. If it detects you have left the machine it will lock it automatically. This is based on:

• No user input for 30 seconds (no keyboard/mouse)

• Will check if the bluetooth device is present (that was present during login)

• If the bluetooth device is not present or the signal is weak which signifies the device is far away (with the user) the screen will be locked

Setting up Dynamic Lock

To begin, you must pair your phone with your PC. To do this, open “Devices and Printers,” then click “Add a device.” Once the phone has been paired with your PC,
an item like the Phone appears in Devices and Printers.
Once pairing is complete, you can turn on Dynamic Lock by visiting Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. Simply click the checkbox under the Dynamic Lock heading that reads “Allow Windows to detect when you’re away and automatically lock the device”.

I used to have the same problem, until I found a great solution
I bought a Panasonic Phone that has a feature called Link to cell, basically it lets you use your home phone as a Bluetooth device for your cellphone,
You can place and receive calls from your home phone as your cell
so I place the cellphone by the window where it has service and use the home phone to dial and receive calls, It even alerts you when you have a new SMS.
the one I bought you can connect 2 cellphones at the same time and it works great,

Another thing we gained when my wife comes home from work she never remembers to turn off the vibrate mode until then she always missed calls, since then when the cellphone is home it will ring on the home phone.

There is a well known site http://krokotak.com/, packed with all different activities
I am also attaching some coloring pages I collected on Prog (You can find some more there if you search through the posts) they are mostly Pasech related.
ללא זכויות.pdf ציורי ילדים להדפסה (1).pdf חוברת מבוכים.pdf ציור אלי וגולד שולחן הסדר.pdf ציורים אלי וגולד מצרים.pdf הדבקה כולנו מסובין.pdf חוברות עבודה.pdf חוברת צביעה עשר המכות.pdf תפזורת חג הפסח.doc

@Manual said in Freelancers worth it?:

I like Fiverr better I find there are more Americans there vs. Upwork they are mostly Indians and other Arab countries

I don’t think that country of origin matters.

I have quite a bit of experience with Upwork, the most challenging part is finding the right people, I always first start asking them questions like,
How are you planning on accomplishing this task
What software and languages will you use
How many hours will it take you
etc.

Usually, those few questions will give you an idea who knows what he is saying and who is still a beginner trying to learn
e.g. someone saying it will take him 40 hours for a simple email template (happened 2 days ago) I right away nix him.

After you shortlist a few sift through their previous works and feedbacks I always sort from Low to High so I can get a feel what people don’t like about him, for example, you will find a lot of times a freelancer gets negative feedback because he never actually sticks with milestones, so I still know if I am not in a rush for the work I will still go ahead and hire him.

The most important is before hiring a freelancer WRITING out very clear instructions and what you expect of him,

see
https://www.lifewire.com/free-fax-services-2378048

@DIAMOND use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/app-launcher-customizer-f/ponjkmladgjfjgllmhnkhgbgocdigcjm?hl=en
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