Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10

It is time to upgrade to Windows 10 whether you want to or not. Microsoft will not be supporting Windows 7 as of January 14th!  That is only 11 days from now. If you are still running Windows 7 on your computer you have two choices. You can upgrade to Windows 10 on the same computer OR you can decide to upgrade to a new computer. 

If you go to the Microsoft website to upgrade to Windows 10 it will cost $139 for the home version. When it first came out Microsoft offered an upgrade free for one year. If you did not upgrade at that time both Techdator News and CNET tell you how to get a free upgrade to Windows 10 still.

Techdator News
https://techdator.net/heres-how-to-upgrade-windows-10-for-free-before-microsoft-ends-windows-7-support/

CNET
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/upgrade-to-windows-10-free-heres-how/

In order to upgrade you need to have a computer with some basic capabilities. 

• A 2-GHz processor
• 4 GB of RAM
• 100 GB of hard disk space

To find out if your computer has these
1. Go to the START MENU and left click on the word Computer on the right side.
This will open a thermometer looking gauge that shows how much storage space there is on your computer and what you have used so far.

2. Go to START again, but this time right click on the word Computer. This will open up a window where you can see information about your Windows Operating system. It will tell you there how many GHz your processor has and how much RAM your computer has.

p.s. I just tried this on a computer that had Windows 7 Pro. I was able to do it for free!  It took a while, but it worked!!

Making a Contact into a Favorite on your iPhone

MAKING A CONTACT A FAVORITE
ON YOUR IPHONE
This morning I was wanting to add someone to my FAVORITES list in my phone contacts. I could not figure out how, so I used Google searching to find the answer and it came right up:
Here's how it's done:

1. Launch the phone application and click on favorites in the lower left corner.
2. Tap the + button in the top right.
3. Find the contact you wish to add as a favorite and tap on their name.
4. Select the information you wish to favorite (phone number, email, FaceTime, etc)
5. That's it!

So this tip is a double tip.  Now you know how to make a contact your favorite and also how to find out about just about anything you need to do!

The only thing I have not included so far is WHY to make a contact your favorite.  It may be obvious, but there are a few people that I contact often. If I put them in my favorites list calling them is much faster.