The new Windows OS has been masterfully been named, “Windows 11” and it started a very slow rollout on October 5th. Windows Operating Systems according to Net MarketShare research shows that 88.5% of the world uses Microsoft Operating Systems for the past year. The next closes is the Mac OS at 8.96%. The latest version…
Have you ever wanted to help a friend on their computer? Something simple, like how to log on to Gmail or Instagram, etc. And then they ask for your help? Then you think, “Well, I could show them but not talk them through it.” OK, then how do you walk them through it? There are…
You know, many years ago, I was a banker. Every year, we went through a couple of audits. They were always nerve-racking. Not due to anything done disreputable but because you knew those people were pros at dotting the “i” and crossing the “t” to the Nth degree. Because of a conversation Jim Britt and…
I would never have thought of this one. Since people were, and some still are, working from home, they still had to make it to some meetings. Think of the many applications which allow you to meet virtually; Cisco WebEx, Google Meet, GoToMeeting, Skype, Slack, and of course, Zoom. By-the-way, these are just some of…
You know the scoop. You must have a different password on every site, your email, the places you shop, your computer, your bank account, the DNR, WSVA, your insurance company, your login to GrayHaired.Tech, etc. But if you want to stay very safe online, different passwords are a need. But how do you keep up…
Several weeks ago I wrote parts one through three of this four-part series and ended it by saying, “If none of these suggestions worked over the past three articles, next week I have one that is guaranteed to work by Microsoft but not me.” And then I forgot about part four. I got excited about…
You know, if you have read my articles in the past, that I like the Google system. I like gmail.com, Google Docs, Google Search and many other Google features. However, you also know that I do not completely trust them keeping features and apps going. They have gotten us dependent on different applications they created…
I have been a tech geek for many years. I have also been waiting for things guaranteed to me as a kid. They were supposed to be here by the year 2000. You know, flying cars and self-driving cars. Of course, we now have both to a very limited extent. As an adult geek, I…
Several weeks ago, a reader asked me an excellent question, so me, being me, thought I would share it with you today. Now, reader, if you are reading this today, it is not all that you wrote me and I have pulled together other reader questions to make it. Sort of like the Waltons TV…
This is the last in the series regarding ways to speed up your computer as it slows down with age. As I promised last week, this week we start with something that could be significant for some of you. OneDrive is Microsoft’s version of cloud storage which has been around since 2007. For those of…
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