What happens when a major cloud service goes down, and what's the takeaway?

Scanning your nuclear power station's Windows computers for malware can present some challenges if the machines have been secured properly.

Every day, I'm asked to reset lost passwords, recover hacked accounts, or retrieve lost information in them. Here's my answer.

Terminology around routers and access points can be quite confusing. I'll describe each, how they relate, and why the differences matter.

Limited User Accounts restrict the ability of malware to cause problems on your system. Unfortunately, it may also restrict your ability to use the computer.

You can rely on online services for many things, but it's unwise to rely on them too much.

Image backups are great ways to back up absolutely everything on a hard disk. They're also good for retrieving most anything, including individual files.

How to back up Windows using its own built-in tools in eight easy steps. Four bonus steps handle Microsoft's plans to retire one of those tools.

It's easy to get confused between Facebook accounts and Facebook pages.

Backing up is critical, but exactly how you back up your encrypted container data depends on how secure your backups are.