Archive for 'Windows 8'
Turning off Windows Narrator
Q: I accidentally turned on Windows’ “text-to-speech” software, and I can’t find out how to turn off that annoying voice. A: Windows Narrator, a text-to-voice translation program, gives the vision-impaired a chance at using a PC. Narrator dutifully reads Windows’ menus and text, but in an irritating, robotic voice. Unfortunately, it’s too easy to turn […]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: narrator, turn off, turn off narrator, turn off text-to-speech
Comments: 33
Returning to happier times with System Restore
Ever dragged yourself into bed after a particularly disastrous day, wishing you could wake up the next morning and find everything back to normal? Although things usually remain the same when we wake up, that doesn’t have to be the case with Windows and its built-in System Restore feature. System Restore (built into Windows Me, […]
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: microsoft security essentials, restore point, system restore
Comments: 7