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• DesktopOK — No more screaming when your icons get scrambled

  Posted on May 6, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  I have two large monitors and a lot of icons filling those screens. It may look like utter chaos, but my brain knows exactly where each icon is located.

  So when some poorly crafted software leaves my icons all neatly stacked to the left side of my main monitor, I want to neatly stack some skulls!

  DesktopOK by Nenad Hrg (one of my favorite developers) can put your mind at ease by allowing you to save the layout of your desktop icons. If things go south and your icons get messed with, you can quickly restore them. Want different layouts for different screen resolutions or users? No problem! DesktopOK can save as many backups as you want.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.19.0, 2024-05-06).

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• What is Microsoft saying to SMBs?

  Posted on October 11, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL-BUSINESS COMPUTING

  By Amy Babinchak

  Microsoft’s 2020 Inspire and Ignite conferences are now literally history; as with most other major tech meetings this year, they were, for the first time, both entirely virtual.

  Inspire is focused on Microsoft-partner marketing, while Ignite is more about technology. Both events showcase the company’s vision of future business computing. But sometimes you have to read between the lines, too. Here’s what I think Microsoft is saying to small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and IT professionals.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).

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