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Virtually every computer technician on the planet keeps one very special piece of equipment on hand, and you should too.
It’s called a SATA/IDE to USB adapter, and it’s quite simply the handiest tool on any computer tech’s test bench. [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Microsoft designed Windows 10 and Windows 11 to be quite intrusive when it comes to your privacy.
By default, the operating system collects all sorts of sensitive user data and stores it on your PC’s hard drive and/or sends it back to Microsoft via the Internet.
Luckily, most of Windows’ “spying” can be either mitigated somewhat or disabled completely if you know where to look for the various settings.
Unfortunately, finding (and understanding) all of the relevant privacy settings can be a challenge to say the least. [Read more…]
Question from Dale: I’ve noticed that when I copy a URL from Edge’s address bar and then paste it into a document, it actually pastes the title of the page into the document and then links the title to the URL.
There are times when this is fine, but there are also times when I want to paste just the bare URL without the title.
How can I make Edge copy just the URL from the address bar without copying the title too? [Read more…]
If you use an Android device you might have noticed that there’s a mysterious folder named LOST.DIR on your SD card.
If you look inside this folder you’ll see that it contains a bunch of weird numbered files.
Many people end up deleting this folder, thinking it might be a virus, but truth be told, it isn’t.
Question from Denise: I recently started a new job and the IT folks said I can connect my personal laptop to their network but only if it has something called Secure Boot enabled?
Can you tell me what that is and how to check to see if its enabled?