Make a Recovery Drive Before You Need One
The tool runs on a working machine, so the day you need the drive is the day you can no longer make it.
Desktop Icons Gone? Two Causes, One Empty Screen
One is a tick box and three clicks. The other moved your files somewhere else and never said so.
Split Screen on Windows? One Key and an Arrow
Windows has snapped windows for years. Four ways in, and three of them nobody is ever shown.
Reinstalling a Bluetooth Driver? Uninstall, Then Restart
There is nothing to download. You remove the driver and let Windows put it back, which is backwards from every other install.
Sharing Your Screen on Windows? Two Things Decide It
How many displays Windows thinks you have, and a screen capture permission list you have never opened.
Card Reader Not Reading? Two Faults, One Symptom
Device Manager splits them in one look. The SD compatibility rule runs one way and explains half of these.
Scanner Will Not Scan on Windows? Which Half Works
A printer that prints and will not scan rules out the cable, the Wi-Fi and the hardware in ten seconds.
Windows Has a VPN Client Built In, and It Is Empty
It needs nothing installed and it provides no VPN service. Zero connections are saved on this laptop.
Wi-Fi QR Code on Windows? The Camera App Does It
The route is the Camera app rather than Settings, and barcode mode is the switch nobody finds.
Which Apps Can Hear You? Windows Keeps the List
Six per-app lists nobody opens. On this laptop eleven apps may use the microphone and none has ever been refused.