If you're backing up regularly to an external drive, chances are you're accumulating lots of data. I'll look at how to organize it, and what to keep.

This is all about the many ways your computer tries to make your life easier. Sometimes it tries just a little too hard.

Wi-Fi hotspots make for a convenient connection. To connect, you need proximity, a little hardware, and most important, permission.

When a legitimate email sender doesn't respond to an "unsubscribe" request, they're no longer legitimate. Here's what to do.

Two-factor authentication is different than passwords, but they both share important recovery steps if there's a problem.

Microsoft publishes its end-of-support schedules well in advance. To stay both current and safe, it would be wise to plan for that turnover.

Microsoft Word online has the option to create transcriptions of audio recordings for Microsoft Office subscribers.

Chkdsk checks your disk for errors at a low level, requiring exclusive access to the disk to do so. "Chkdsk cannot run..." means it doesn't have the exclusive access it needs.

Feeling reflective, I look back on my career path to see what we might learn from it that could apply to today's youth.

Any device sitting on the internet is subject to a constant stream of "internet background noise". It's why you really want to be behind a firewall.