Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
As I explained in this post, both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a built-in antivirus engine called Microsoft Defender.
And truth be told, it actually does a pretty good job at keeping your PC virus-free.
But like all other antivirus apps, Microsoft Defender isn’t perfect. It’s always possible that a digital nasty will slip through and infect your system. [Read more…]
Application Management Services (AMS) in IT focuses on the continuous management, maintenance, and improvement of organizational IT applications.
The AMS Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring these services run efficiently and effectively, optimizing application performance and aligning IT services with business goals.
This article aims to delve into the responsibilities of an AMS Manager, highlighting their significance in enhancing IT service delivery and achieving operational excellence. [Read more…]
I receive hundreds of tech questions every week and they tend to vary quite a bit. But some topics just seem to come up time and again.
One of those recurring topics involves the potential danger of certain people discovering your IP address.
While I usually don’t worry all that much about folks discovering my IP address, there are times when it does pay to keep it a secret if at all possible. [Read more…]
With Facebook privacy so often in the news these days, you’re probably concerned about keeping your own posts, photos and comments at least somewhat private.
To that end, you’ve probably tweaked your account’s privacy settings to make your personal information as private or as accessible to others as you feel comfortable with.
But are you really sure you have everything truly locked down to match your comfort level?
Well, there’s an easy way to find out… [Read more…]
Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a nifty Autocorrect feature that really comes in handy for people who happen to be poor spellers and/or poor typists (like me for instance).
Lots of folks love Autocorrect and rely on it to help keep their documents as error-free as possible.
However, plenty of other folks find it extremely irritating because, well…it it often “corrects” misspelled words incorrectly.
If you happen to fall into the second group, you can easily disable the Autocorrect feature. [Read more…]