Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
Reader Eric Desman writes: Fred, You have always had a practical approach to layered backups. In 2018, what is your recommendation for backups? I currently backup to a local external hard drive and use Backblaze for off-site backups. I found an old version of Zipit.bat that made me think of this. :-o. — Eric Your…
Reader John Negley asks: “Fred, What e-bike do you have? “I know of your love of bike riding, I’ve seen your videos. I am also like you, approaching geezer age. So I’m thinking of getting a bike too. Just curious, what type of bike to you have? I plan on riding on paved roads &…
Plus: What happened to Karen’s PowerTools? Most of this article is about some free templates that can simplify your use of Robocopy — a free, powerful (but underappreciated) command-line copy/clone/sync tool that’s built into all current Windows version. But before digging into Robocopy, please let me tell you about a related issue: The rise, fall,…
After a recent Windows 10 update, I went spelunking into some unfamiliar features, including the new “Memory Integrity” option that’s part of the also new “Windows Defender System Guard.” It’s a pretty cool idea. The technical details are outlined in the Windows Insider Blog post, “Windows Defender System Guard: Making a leap forward in platform security…
Having been away from heavy PC use for a while, it’s been, um, interesting to dive back into the deep end of the pool. I’m learning — or in many cases, re-learning — the myriad little tweaks and tricks that can make things work better. Small example: I wanted to verify that my hard drives…