Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. This issue: WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: Seven Semper Fi: Windows 7 do’s and don’ts BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Updating your computer’s BIOS LANGALIST: Hardware questions move to the fore ON SECURITY: ‘Tis the season — for holiday scams TROUBLESHOOTING: Solving search problems in Windows 10 Not a member? This issue (as…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. In this issue: WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: All roads lead to Win10 1909 — but you can take your time BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Florence Nightingale, circa 2019? LANGALIST: A time-saving shortcut for new-PC setups? PATCH WATCH: Ready or not, Win10 Version 1909 is here WINDOWS: Working outside an admin account:…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. In this issue: NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING: Resolving Windows network-connection problems BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Wi-Fi router security LANGALIST: Hybrid attack can extract data from inert RAM BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — WPD PC BUYING: PC bargains: Buying a laptop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday Not a member? This issue (as…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. This issue: WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: Peering into the Windows tea leaves LANGALIST: More on restoring drivers from local backups BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Unhappy with Firefox UI changes WINDOWS PATCHING: Take charge of Windows 10 and Office 365 updating BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — Best…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. In this issue PRIVACY: How to view and protect the privacy of your MS account LANGALIST: When and how to restore your local driver backups BEST OF THE LOUNGE: The Ultimate Utilities List comes to AskWoody PATCH WATCH: Getting ready for Windows 10 1909 BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — SyMenu…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter is now available to members. In this issue LANGALIST: Free tools help prevent Universal Serial Bus slowdowns WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: Seven Semper Fi: Three months to go; here’s what to do. BEST OF THE LOUNGE: To Xfinity and beyond WINDOWS 7 SUPPORT: Microsoft wants to sell you security patches for Win7 ULTIMATE UTILITIES LIST: The…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter, including a new LangaList item, is now available to members. In this issue: LANGALIST: Easily back up all your PC’s current drivers BEST OF THE LOUNGE: What’s the real risk in using Internet Explorer? PATCH WATCH: October’s updates look promising; however … NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING: Using the ipconfig command to troubleshoot network problems BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight —…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter has been emailed to members, and is now posted on the AskWoody site, where members can read it anytime. In this issue: WOODY’S WINDOWS WATCH: Shedding light on September’s out-of-band Windows patches PATCH WATCH: Finally! We have a true out-of-band IE update BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Things that should stay in the junk…
I recently purchased a similar Optane-equipped PC, benchmarked the hell out of it, and used it in real life — before ripping Optane out of the PC. I documented the results in these three articles: Part 1, “Taking the plunge with a new PC” (AskWoody Plus newsletter 2019-06-03), gets the ball rolling. In Part 2,…
The newest AskWoody Plus newsletter has been emailed to members, and is now posted on the AskWoody site, where members can read it anytime, for free. In this issue (an extra, 5th issue for this month): PATCH WATCH: Here’s why we’re not patching Internet Explorer BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Stumped by erratic download speed BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — Win7…