Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the worst security habits is keeping bad passwords. This can mean using short and simple passwords, or re-using them across multiple sites. But there’s another danger: not changing the default password on your equipment. Common computing hardware, specifically wireless routers, ships with default passwords. These are readily available Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesClocks showing the correct time is something we take for granted. When the Windows time is wrong, it can interrupt scheduled tasks or lead to weird errors. Moreover, a time that’s off by minutes or even hours can make you run late or miss appointments. Yes, you can sync your Windows Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesClocks showing the correct time is something we take for granted. When the Windows time is wrong, it can interrupt scheduled tasks or lead to weird errors. Moreover, a time that’s off by minutes or even hours can make you run late or miss appointments. Yes, you can sync your Windows Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutesIf your computer fans frequently hit top speeds, it’s a sign that your CPU usage is reaching 100%. Simultaneously, your computer may slow down. That’s annoying, especially if you’re not actually doing anything. The CPU (central processing unit), also known as the processor, is your computer’s brain. Like your own noggin, Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesMany email servers prevent you from sending (or the recipient from receiving) messages over a certain size. When this problem happens most users don’t know how to send large files. To send large files via email, you can either upload your attachment to cloud storage and get a link to Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’ve ever opened up your computer, you know there is a lot of hardware in there. It’s all a potential point of failure. There are certain pieces of hardware which are more prone to failure than others. Equipment that either generates heat or has moving parts tends to fail most Read more…
Reading Time: 8 minutesMicrosoft has slowly but surely pushed the command line aside in the Windows interface. This is not without reason; it is an antiquated and mostly unnecessary tool from an era of text-based input. But many commands remain useful, and Windows 8 and 10 even added new features. Here we present Read more…
Reading Time: 9 minutesYour computer is hanging. Same old Windows, right? Except you’re using a brand new Windows 10 device; you’ve only had it a few days. So just what is going on? Investigating, you discover that your system drive is running at 100%. Surely this can’t be, right? Sadly, it is. The latest Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou just cannot create beautiful Microsoft Word documents by cutting corners on tables. On Microsoft Word, tables are essential formatting tools. Microsoft Office has made it easier to create and format basic tables in Word for Office 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013. We haven’t covered tables as much as we would have Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesWi-Fi is the way of the world now. It’s the invisible friend that comforts us, allows us to binge on Netflix in bed, and equips us to work from anywhere, anytime. Wi-Fi is thus pretty much a necessity these days. But when the Wi-Fi slows to a crawl, the relationship Read more…