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.