The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently issued an alert about the rise in tech support scams spreading across the country. Fake pop-up ads are fairly common many of us have seen that scam Warning! Your computer may have a virus! message at least once in our connected lives. This usually happens if you click on
Disabling Windows Startup applications have a huge impact on startup times for your computer, especially on older hardware. Disabling some programs you don’t use a can significantly reduce the amount of time you have to wait when you first use your computer. Luckily, Windows 10 has made it super easy to do so. First you
With everything that we have to have access to these days, passwords are a must. With that, we have to have a different password for each and every one of them. The criteria is for setting up a password is becoming more complex and there is no standard from one service to another. It is
When troubleshooting issues on a computer, sometimes it is useful to quickly see at a glance what type of files are present and to see operating system specific files. It is very simple to enable these options: Once those are both clicked, you will see file extensions at the end of each file (such as
Email salutation and sign-offs are just as important as they were when we were communicating with friends and colleagues via snail mail. The signature line at the end of the letter displayed our identity and any credentialing that we have worked hard to obtain. When you send an email the recipient sometimes looks at the
We like to compare the personal computer to the human body. Sometimes the body gets fatigued from working extremely long hours with limited rest and nutrition. Over time the human body begins to break down and we suffer from various issues such as temporary memory loss to chronic diseases. Sometimes our physicians will recommend a
Task Manager has been a part of Microsoft Windows for a very long time and its uses have not faded. Task Manager is used to (as the name implies) manage tasks. It can create and end tasks, monitor background processes and hardware usage, setup startup processes and much more. This article will explain the everyday
