The Computer Tutor

It’s one of the most frustrating things about Windows. You go to shut off your computer, and rather than just shut down, it decides it’s time to install a bunch of updates. So you wait and wait while this happens, all the while wondering why your computer is forcing you to stand there and watch [...] Read more »

Last week we talked about a “low-security” way to keep someone out of a particular file or folder, just by “hiding” it. Today is part 2, and this procedure uses a separate program to provide a much higher level of security.   Rather than just protecting a file by making not readily visible, this [...] Read more »

I recently got this email from a podcast listener: Dear Scott, I live in Dubai and I enjoy your weekly podcast, which is simple and informative. Please keep up the good work! Scott, could you please cover in a future podcast how I can create (in Windows 10) a normal file folder but one that [...] Read more »

For some of my clients, I have a hard time convincing them that they need to have a backup process in place. Usually these are people that have not (yet) experienced a hard drive crash and lost some, or all, of their important files. Their computer is working fine at the moment, they’ve never had [...] Read more »

Jim Gardner lives in Cambridgeshire, UK. On July 2, 2016 he finished the London to Cambridge 100k as his first ultramarathon. Congratulations Jim!

Fun fact: Jim is a fitness instructor, and he creates videos which he posts to his YouTube channel, here.

If a friend sends you a Facebook message, you see the notification at the top of the Facebook page, click on it and read it. Simple. What if someone sends you a message, and you actually do know that person in real life but you aren’t yet Facebook friends? You might never even realize that message [...] Read more »

Rob Howard lives in Lakewood, Colorado. On June 17, 2016 he ran the Bighorn Mountain Wild and Scenic Trail Run 100-miler for the third time, and this time he made it. Congratulations Rob!

Fun fact: At mile 98, Rob had a hallucination involving a child and a truck.

Rob’s favorite book about running is Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon (on Amazon here).

What a week this has been. It started with a simple process: replacing a monitor. By the end, I had to replace my primary computer. And I discovered something very important for you to know about Windows – especially Windows 10.   I’ll give a brief summary of what happened. I use 2 monitors on [...] Read more »

Rob Steger lives in Columbus, Ohio. On June 18, he finished the Mohican 50 miler as his first 50 mile race. Congratulations Rob!

Fun fact: Rob got almost no sleep the night before the race, but he spun that into a positive thing by taking advantage of being able to eat something 3 hours before the early morning start!

Markus Kylberg lives in Stockholm, Sweden. On May 8, 2016 he finished the Lidingoloppet 50k race as his first ultramarathon. Congratulations Markus!

Fun fact: For this race, Markus did not carry a water bottle. He mostly relied on the aid stations, which were about 3 miles apart.

Markus said his favorite running-related film currently is Mont Blanc by Billy Yang. You can see that on YouTube, here.