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2024-11-172473D Printing for Fun & Profit
2024-11-10246Battery Life; which eReader
2024-11-03245Securing Your Phone; Scam Package Tracking
2024-10-27244Laptop Battery Life
2024-10-27243Mac antimalware; old Android phones as security cameras
2024-10-13242Bitlocker, Windows Defender
2024-10-06241Suspect PDFs, Suspect Ad Blockers, and the Meta Fiasco
2024-09-29240Gemini in Google Chats; Apple AutoPlay Annoyances
2024-09-22239Distraction-Free Word Processors
2024-09-15238Oracle Class Action Lawsuit, and Keeping Your Phone Safe
2024-09-08237Windows Dynamic Lock; Android Schedule Text
2024-09-01236Wired vs Wireless Keyboard, and Free Database Program
2024-08-25235Mac Mini 2, and OneDrive
2024-08-18234Gemini All Along
2024-08-11233Long Screenshots on a Phone
2024-08-04232Fishing for SIMs and Encryption on Linux
2024-07-28231Thunderbird Photos, and Linux Antivirus
2024-07-21230Secure Boot, and Linux AV
2024-07-14229Opting Out of Microsoft Data Collection
2024-07-072282AM activity, and chkrootkit
2024-06-30227Short Codes, Enpass Problems
2024-06-23226Overheated Phones, Apple Music Autoplay
2024-06-16225Social Media Privacy; BOOX Palma
2024-06-09224Backup Software and Hardware
2024-06-02223From LastPass to Enpass
2024-05-26222Linux updates, MS Paint and Photoshop alternatives
2024-05-19221Passkeys, Linux Permissions
2024-05-12220The New Apple Products
2024-05-05219Net Neutrality and Cheap Internet
2024-04-28218Social Engineering
2024-04-21217Windows-Like Linux.
2024-04-14216Raspberry Pi Text Editors; 2FA Notifications
2024-04-07215xz Utils
2024-03-31214Facebook 2FA, gedit on Windows
2024-03-24213The Tale of the Printer
2024-03-17212Google Slide Transitions, and RPi 400 portability
2024-03-10211Cloudflare's Verify You're Human Message
2024-03-03210More on Apple keychain; popup ads on phone
2024-02-25209Commentaries?
2024-02-18208Thunderbird Alerts, Apple Keychain
2024-02-11207Windows Notifications and DND
2024-02-04206Several Windows Issues
2024-01-28205An AI Primer.
2024-01-21204Where Am I? and Win10 End of Life
2024-01-14203How to Tell It's a Scam
2024-01-07202Android Apps on Windows 11
2023-12-17201Getting Data From a Locked Samsung Phone
2023-12-10200Demystifying Google Drive
2023-12-03199Apostrophes in Email; Google Deleting Accounts
2023-11-26198BitDefender Blocking Sites; Turning Off News; Turning Off HDR
2023-11-19197Making Google Docs Available Offline; Stopping YourPhone.exe
2023-11-12196Playing DVDs on a Chromebook, Printing Photoshop from Dropbox
2023-11-05195Volume Overlay, MS PC Manager, "Let's finish setting up your PC" nag
2023-10-29194Raspberry Pi OS in VirtualBox
2023-10-22193Passkeys, Win11 Text and Icon Size
2023-10-15192What's E-Ink, and Unsupported Processor Blue Screen
2023-10-08191Smart Speakers as Intercoms, and Maintaining Healthy Battery Life
2023-10-01190Organize Google Drive, Calibrate Google Maps
2023-09-24188'Lifetime' backup, Gmail aliases, Google Drive security
2023-09-17187Windows 11 software, Google contacts sync, Mac AV, preventing pop-ups
2023-06-18186No Newsletter
2023-06-11185Audio format comparisons
2023-06-04184AI in Google search, and ChatGPT vs. Bard
2023-05-28183Free Ubuntu Pro
2023-05-21182Stop Windows 11 upgrades. Maybe...
2023-05-14181Instagram Login, Intel NUCs
2023-05-07180Secure Document Sharing Redux
2023-04-30179Secure Web Sites, Secure Document Sharing
2023-04-23178Raspberry Pi Alternatives.
2023-04-16177From Mac to Windows 11, and CyberSecurity
2023-04-09176Limiting Facebook Tracking
2023-04-02175In the latest Ask Nick!: Windows 11: Moving the Taskbar and Focusing on Tasks
2023-03-27174Where's My Windows Product Key?
2023-03-19173Remove Discover from Android Phones
2023-03-12172Voice Recorder Apps
2023-03-05171Which Password Manager?
2023-02-26170Samsung Apps vs. Google Apps
2023-02-19169Filter Rules in Microsoft Outlook
2023-02-12168Which Linux Should I Try?
2023-02-05167Full Text Search on Linux
2023-01-29166Surge Suppressors vs UPSs
2023-01-22165Scams Galore
2023-01-15164ChatGPT Explained (sort of...)
2023-01-08163Who Owns My Google Account and Backing Up the Data
2022-12-18162Last Minute Holiday Gifts
2022-12-11161Default Font on a Mac
2022-11-271604G LTE USB Network Adapter Wireless WiFi Hotspot Dongle
2022-11-20159Annotate PDFs on Everything Else
2022-11-13158Annotate PDFs on a Chromebook
2022-11-06157Pop!_OS Keyboard Shortcuts, and Downgrading to Windows 7
2022-10-30156Windows 11 is slow, and is Signal safe?
2022-10-23155Ubuntu Pro, and the Metaverse (or not)
2022-10-16154Helping Your Parents Deal with Scam Emails
2022-10-09153Ripping CDs to a Flash Drive
2022-10-02152The 3-2-1 Backup Rule
2022-09-25151Stinger, Flagging Emails, Multiple Languages
2022-09-18150Snap Windows and Multiple Desktops in Windows 11
2022-09-11149Deleting Gmail, Updating Revo
2022-09-04148Google Rewards, Cell Phone Problem, W11 Centered Icons
2022-08-28147Making OneDrive Go Away
2022-08-21146Ripping CDs & VPNs
2022-08-14145Graphics Conversions and Scrubbing Files
2022-08-07144Secure DNS on Chrome OS (and Flex)
2022-07-31143Various Phone Settings
2022-07-31142Secure DNS
2022-07-17141Migrating from PC to Mac
2022-07-10140iOS 16 and Windows 10 Notifications
2022-06-26139All Mail on iPad; What's an Evo laptop?
2022-06-19138Ripping/Converting CDs
2022-06-12137Encrypting Your Email
2022-06-05136Tethering Your Chromebook to Your Phone
2022-05-30135How to Stop Using OneDrive
2022-05-22134Transition to Google Workspace Legacy
2022-05-15133Running Windows Programs on a Chromebook
2022-05-01132Safely Remove Hardware Redux, Avast Private Browser
2022-04-24131Google Drive and pCloud, Personal Finance Managers
2022-04-10130Indexing & Searching Email & Documents
2022-04-03129Email Storage Very High
2022-03-271282FA & Authenticators
2022-03-20127Taking Ownership of a File
2022-03-13126Eject Safely missing and system running slow
2022-03-06125Creating Filters in Thunderbird
2022-03-06124Eero Mesh Network Privacy and Moving PDFs from iPhone to Windows PC
2022-02-20123Speeding Up Windows
2022-02-13122Undeletable File
2022-02-06121W11 Upgrades, the Windows Subsystem for Android, and Dying Hard Drives
2022-01-30120Searching with Google Fu
2022-01-23119Offline Gmail, Frontier Email Forever, and Chromebook Updates
2022-01-16118Using Chromebooks Offline
2022-01-09117PC Matic, and pCloud
2022-01-02116Email Security
2021-12-19115Season's Greetings
2021-12-12114Scams Galore
2021-12-05113Linux on a Sony VAIO; Create bootable USB on Chromebook
2021-11-28112New Rasperry Pi OS: How to Get It, and Why
2021-11-21111Which Linux, and Phone as Hotspot
2021-11-14110Spam; Outlook Stuck; Only One Mac Mini Monitor Wakes
2021-11-07109Burner Email Addresses
2021-10-31108PayPal Notices, Banking on Phone, Uninstalling Software
2021-10-24107Upgrading to Windows 11
2021-10-17106Windows Update Killed Dual Boot
2021-10-10105Picking Antimalware, and Stopping Spam
2021-10-03104Checking an SD Card's Health
2021-09-26103Clearing Your Browser's Autofill Memory
2021-09-19102Bad PDF, and iGoogle Replacement
2021-09-12101Monitoring Your Internet Connection, and Your Bad Zoom Image
2021-09-08100Another MS Zero-Day Attack
2021-09-0599Changing Outlook's timing, and what we (don't) know about Windows 11
2021-08-2998Bitcoin Mining on Your Phone
2021-08-2297Managing Windows 10 Updates, and the T-Mobile Hack
2021-08-1596How to Patch Windows 10 (as) Safely (as Possible)
2021-08-0895TMI about Wi-Fi
2021-08-0194Games on the Raspberry Pi
2021-07-2593Alternative OSs for Chromebooks
2021-07-1892Neeva, and the Windows 10 Weather Widget
2021-07-1191Network Share Security, and Was My Gmail Hacked?
2021-07-0590Windows 11: The Good, the Bad, the Excruciating.
2021-06-2789Is Updating Android Apps Safe? and All About Windows 11
2021-06-2088Uninstalling Flash Player on a Mac; unresponsive keyboard on Windows 10
2021-06-1387Outlook account settings, and slideshows in Windows 10
2021-06-0686Migrating from Win7 to Win10, and living in a dual Windows/Apple world
2021-05-3085Logical Journey of the Zoombinis on the M1 Mac
2021-05-2384Win10 disk indexing, and the Zoom Scheduler extension
2021-05-1683VBScript Errors and GeForce Experience Overlay
2021-05-0982Unsubscribing from spam, and 10-digit dialing
2021-05-0281How harmful are 3D printers, and how secure are Chromebooks?
2021-04-2580Chrome OS Tote, Phone Hub, and Dictation
2021-04-1179Gmail Signature; Speeding Up Your Phone
2021-03-2978Windows Cloud Clipboard
2021-03-2177Cloud Backup, Windows 10 command prompt font size
2021-03-1476Turning off Cortana, seeing your RAM and disk space, and activating your fingerprint reader
2021-03-0775Desktop Magic in Windows 10.
2021-02-2874Screenshots in Windows 10
2021-02-2173How to Turn Off Every Assistant and Delete the Recordings
2021-02-1472Instant Backup, and Sharing Documents
2021-02-0771Using the Raspberry Pi as a Security Camera
2021-01-3170Authenticators (Google's and others')
2021-01-2469Outlook attachments with odd extensions, and VPNs demystified
2021-01-1768Facebook Scroll/Jitter & Making Gmail the Windows 10 Default
2021-01-0366How Many Backups? Word Nags to Update
2020-12-2765Where's the Old Stuff? Killing Windows 10 Notifications
2020-12-2064Access to Old Newsletters, VPNs, and Malware
2020-12-1363default mail program, dead SSD
2020-12-0662Windows 10 Start Menu Unresponsive
2020-11-2961BitLocker is Locked on Windows 10
2020-11-2260Scary Popups and Deleted Photos
2020-11-1559Outlook junk mail, recovering accidentally deleted Google Photos, and two-factor authentication.
2020-11-0858Extending your phone's battery life
2020-11-0157Autorun Win10 media, Why is Windows slow?
2020-10-2556Windows 10 Shared Experiences and Finding Spam on Outlook
2020-10-1154Stopping Windows 10 updates, and the new Chromecast with Google TV
2020-10-0453Which Linux Should I Try?
2020-09-2752Should You Update Flash, and Kids' Games for Chromebooks
2020-09-2051Powerwashing a Chromebook - How and Why
2020-09-1350Getting started with Raspberry Pi; Downloading Windows 10 - legally!
2020-09-0649Copy contacts from AOL to Gmail; Macbook Air shuts down
2020-08-3048Chat with Automatic Translation
2020-08-2347Linux and Android apps on Chromebook
2020-08-0946'Expand the browser' message, and incorrectly removed drive in Windows 10
2020-08-0245Chrome 'Managed by your Organization,' and Frontier resending old email
2020-07-2644Google Drive storage is full
2020-07-1943Outlook Constantly Crashes
2020-07-1242Encrypting email: Gmail, ProtonMail, Hushmail, and a little about OpenPGP
2020-07-0541Videochat alternatives, cheap Android tablets
2020-06-2840Apple's WWDC Announcements Breakdown
2020-06-2139Pop-Ups & Crashes in Windows 10
2020-06-1438Which Raspberry Pi?
2020-06-0737Acronis Backup; NordVPN
2020-05-2435Trying Out Linux
2020-05-1734Old Printers; Linux on Chromebooks
2020-05-1033Ecommerce Website Builders; Security Tango and Reboot
2020-05-0332Xtra-PC; Multiple Speakers in Zoom Meeting
2020-04-2631Switching ISPs; Email Programs; Blocked Email
2020-04-1930Cutting the Cord
2020-04-1229Tracking Us; More About Zoom
2020-04-0528Windows Can't Access NAS Drive; Replacing Zoom
2020-03-2927Yahoo! Email; Stopping Windows Updates; Replacement Remotes; Windows Lost Internet Connection
2020-03-1526Facebook Container; Live Videoconferencing
2020-03-0825Problems with YouTube videos in Firefox on Win10; what's in the latest Android updates?
2020-03-0124Problems with MacOS Catalina and Time Machine
2020-02-2323failing Windows 10 updates; Classic Start Menu install; no audio driver for 8-year-old HP desktop
2020-02-1622Google Chromebook's AUE - Automatic Update Expiration policy
2020-02-1521pCloud's Valentine's Day Sale 2020
2020-02-0920Printer driver for Chromebook; printer driver for Linux
2020-02-0219Dire warnings about a new malware problem being spread via Excel spreadsheets, and how to mitigate the risk.
2020-01-2618Win10 intermittent Internet connectivity loss; yet another dire malware warning
2020-01-1917Getting phone calls from yourself, and putting Facebook on an iPhone
2020-01-1216Intermittent Spectrum service ANSWER!; security when recycling old hardware
2020-01-0515Intermittent Spectrum service; Win10 blurry lock screen
2019-12-2914Equipment for Greenlight
2019-12-2213Window size in Gmail; accidentally moving folders
2019-12-1512Is 5G safe?; audio compression/normalization
2019-12-0811Some thoughts and helpful links on cutting the cord
2019-12-0310Warning about scammers
2019-12-019Problems connection iPad to network; folder loss after Win10 update
2019-11-248Gmail link issues on iPad 2; locally built computer cannot update Win10
2019-11-207The Password Rules to keep yourself secure and safe
2019-11-176How to load LibreOffice on Win10; new router questions
2019-11-105How to get Google's app shortcut (the nine little dots) back; two question marks after every period in email
2019-11-034moving Outlook mail to a new computer; problems upgrading Win10 Pro
2019-10-273Killing popups; crypto-mining malware on Android
2019-10-212Warning about bad Win10 update
2019-10-201Intermittent Win10 USB port failure; changing file types on Win10

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