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.

Over the years, the technology that runs Ask Leo! has changed a little. I'll give you an overview of the current state of affairs.

Changing the layout of the hard disk make the C: partition bigger requires a few steps and occasionally special tools.

Deciding what backup software to use relies on understanding what kind of backup you want to create. I'll review the options.

It's not uncommon for email messages to companies to disappear into a black hole. I'll look at why that might be and steps you can take to reduce the odds of it happening to you.

User Access Control, or UAC, prompts you each time an application requires administrative access. Annoyance or feature?

"Getting used to it" might not always be ideal, but being open to it can result in surprising improvements. Besides, you're doing it already almost every day.