SHORT: CrowdStrike has a secret…
In addition to global IT outages, CrowdStrike is involved in political nonsense. Surprise, surprise... I'll give you a hint: Russia, Russia, Russia!!! Another hint: Orange Man Bad! In less than a minute: https://youtube.com/shorts/uuJ-s573Fc8 You can watch the...
Pin folders to the taskbar in Windows
This is one of those Windows tricks that you probably didn't even know existed. Usually, the Explorer icon is visible on the Taskbar. That's great for opening Explorer and navigating to whatever folder you need. But what if you want to maintain a list of commonly-used...
Repair missing User folders in Windows 7
At some point, you'll probably run into a problem that doesn't seem to have an easy solution: one of your default User folders in Windows 7 (My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, Downloads, and Desktop) will suddenly disappear. Try as you might, you won't be...
Android: Copy everything from one device to another
Let's say you get a new phone or tablet, and both are running Android. You'd like to copy everything from your old device to your new one. How do you do it? Well, certainly there are more hardcore methods of migrating all your data. Most of these methods require...
Capture Part of your Screen in Windows: Behold the Snipping Tool!
Let's say you need to capture all or part of your puter's screen. You'd like to grab a quick image of your browser window, or maybe you want to capture a frame from a video playing on your puter. Maybe you want to save an image from a web page, but they've disabled...
Windows 10 Preview: Yes, they’re fixing everything
If you've been anxiously awaiting Windows 9, you're in for a long wait. But Windows 10 will be coming next year! You see, the official explanation is apparently that, "7 8 9" - 7 ate 9 - so Microsoft will be going straight to Windows 10. Isn't that cute? No, because...
Windows Backup Failed, Part 3: Problem reading file global-messages-db.sqlite
Sweet mother of pearl!! Does Windows Backup ever work?! Well, yes. Sort of... Sometimes... There are many factors to consider, though, such as the phase of the moon, whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow, sunspot activity, and the extent of the "twerking"...
Network icon disappeared: Fix missing and “disconnected” network icons in Windows
One of the most common problems I've seen is missing or "disappeared" network icons in Windows 7. This problem can take a few different forms. For example, you may be able to connect to the internet just fine, but your ethernet/WiFi icon in the system tray always...
SSD: How to upgrade your computer with a Solid State Hard Drive
If you haven't seen Part 1, it's here: SSD: Why you need to upgrade your computer with a Solid State Hard Drive With Part 1 out of the way, you've decided to take the plunge. Great! How do you actually do the upgrade? Well, that can get a bit complicated. There are a...
SSD: Why you need to upgrade your computer with a Solid State Hard Drive
Everyone is always looking to make their computer faster, whether they realize it or not. Usually, it's only after an upgrade that we realize just how pokey our machine was running beforehand. These days, there isn't a huge difference between a 2-year-old computer and...
JavaScript Fun: Looping with a Delay
If you've ever programmed something in JavaScript, you most likely ran into a situation where you needed a delay. Normally, we do this with setTimeout(). For repeatedly calling some function every X milliseconds, one would normally use setInterval(). Well, that's...
Windows Backup Failed, Part 2: The system cannot find the file specified
Dear, sweet Jesus... You'd think that Microsoft's built-in "Backup and Restore" feature in Windows would just kind of work. You'd be wrong. If you haven't seen my earlier post on Windows Backup problems, see here: Fix It: Windows Backup Failed Trying to Read from...
Why HTTPS and SSL are not as secure as you think
In this day and age of well-known NSA spying, everyone keeps saying that the only way to be safe is to use SSL/TLS, commonly known as "browsing with https://". The sad reality is that HTTPS does virtually nothing to protect you from the prying eyes of alphabet soup...
The State of Technology Address at the End of 2013
Oh, 2013, what a high-tech year you were! From the general recognition (finally) that the US government was spying on everyone, everyone's dog, and everyone's dog's lawn presents, to the almighty Mobile Revolution, to the 64-bit iPhone with 2X the awesome, to the...
Green Files in Windows Explorer: What they are, and how to fix them
Every now and then, you might get some files from a friend or family member. Maybe they e-mail them to you, or maybe you copy them over via a USB stick. In any case, the files are often compressed, like in a ZIP file. So, you dutifully double-click the file, extract...
How to Easily Resize Images in Windows
Note: To resize a single image to a particular pixel size, see: How to Easily Resize and Crop a Single Image in Windows There is one little problem I see a lot: How does one resize a bunch of images in order to post them online somewhere, or to send in an e-mail, or...