Taking your contacts with you when moving from one platform to another is a clumsy process.

Startup repair is a useful tool built into Windows setup media and recovery disks. I'll walk through how to use it and what to do if it fails.

S-mode is an additional set of restrictions in Windows that is intended to protect you. Most people want it off.

Changing your password is a common response to account hacks. Unfortunately, it isn't enough.

Losing a device with a passkey isn't a disaster at all. I'll describe why that is.

ZIP files are useful for compressing and containing collections of files. Unfortunately, they're also useful to hackers, spammers, and scammers.

Technologies change, media wears out, and hardware that we once took for granted becomes difficult to find. How does all this impact the archives of our digital lives?

There are those who feel that technology isolates us from the world. I maintain that, while it's certainly a tool that can be misused, it can still be a tool for connection.

Partitioning, or splitting a single physical hard drive into multiple drives, has pros and cons. I'll look at those and make a recommendation.

How your email can get blocked for spam you didn't send, and what to do about it.