Category Archives: Windows Tips

What’s Up With Your Browser?

What’s Up With Your Browser? Whatever browser you use, you need to make sure you’re using the latest, most secure version. You can look under “Help”, “About”, and it will give your browser version…but wouldn’t it be nice to be able to check your browser to make sure you’re using the latest version PLUS see if your Flash,… Read More »

Troubleshoot Blue Screen Errors

Troubleshoot Blue Screen Errors Microsoft has published a Web page that may help you figure out what’s causing your BSOD (Blue Screens of Death). It’s a very simple page, and there for easy to use, but because of its simplicity it may not be able to help with you with your BSODs – but hey, it’s worth a… Read More »

I Like Yearning

I Like Yearning “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” (Mr. Spock – “Amok Time” Star Trek) It’s been an unusually hot summer this year. Everyone’s telling me it’s global warming. I doubt that. No, I don’t doubt global… Read More »

How Are Your Drives?

How Are Your Drives? Almost all hard drives these days have a feature called SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) which monitors your hard drive(s) for errors. Periodically checking your SMART data is kind of like looking into a hard drive crystal ball. You can find out if your hard drive(s) are at increased risk for imminent failure. Never… Read More »

Features of Windows 10 File Explorer

Features of Windows 10 File Explorer The more you know about Windows, the more you realize there is almost always more than one way to accomplish tasks on Windows. For instance, most of you know that Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer in Windows 10, lets you navigate files, folders and drives on your computer, the way that… Read More »