What Is a Firewall? And Do You Already Have One?
Windows Firewall is on by default on every edition, and it blocks everything coming in while allowing everything going out.
What Is a VPN? What It Hides, and What It Does Not
The FTC describes a VPN as shifting trust from your network to the VPN company, not as making you anonymous.
Is the Service Down, or Is It You? Settle It in Two Minutes
Three tests take two minutes and eliminate almost everything before you touch a single setting.
Drive Full? Sorted by How Much You Need to Find
The biggest item is usually a previous Windows installation, not your own files, which is why deleting photos rarely helps.
Cleaning a Print Head? Every Cycle Costs You Ink
Epson says to run a nozzle check first because it saves ink, and to stop after four or five cycles rather than cleaning again.
Stop OneDrive Taking Your Files, Without Losing Any
Microsoft states in writing that you lose no files by unlinking or uninstalling OneDrive.
How to Screenshot on Windows, Sorted by What You Want
Five different ways, and they save to three different places, which is why nobody remembers which one they want.
No Option to Switch to a Local Account? Look One Line Down
The local account option hides behind a setting about signing into Microsoft apps, which is why people think it is gone.
Websites Slow to Load on Fast Internet? It Is the Lookup
A pause then a fast page is a slow lookup, and a speed test can never see it because it never does one.
Scroll Wheel Jumping? Two Tests Before You Buy Another Mouse
Five owners on one thread tried mice from five manufacturers between them, and none of them found a fix.