Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
Ah, the ouroboros thing — software eating its own tail, or something. 🙂 If everything works as it should, the uninstaller should successfully uninstall itself, no big deal. Because the uninstaller is running, some of its in-use files may not be able to be properly removed right away. If everything is working as it should,…
The recent post,“Is it possible to retrieve data from an HDD that’s been zeroed out?” generated some interesting mail arguing the technical merits of single vs. multipass, and random vs nonrandom, overwrites. For example, Miles Wolbe sent in this excellent note: Hi Fred, This is a topic that has interested me for some time: Is…
Easily! In Win10 on a standard PC, it takes about a minute: Type hibernate into the Cortana/Search box; select Power & sleep when it’s offered. When Power & sleep opens, click Additional power settings. A new Window will open. On the left side of the new window, click Choose what the power buttons do. Click…
Depends on what kind of changes you mean; and on variables such as which OS you’re using. For example, if you pre-vacation shutdown included a pending update to a new version of Windows (perhaps without you realizing it), the update would complete when you next turned on the PC — even if that was after…
Probably not. The Windows license process generates a unique numeric ID or “score” for your PC’s specific hardware configuration and copy of Windows. Microsoft knows that PCs get upgraded, so the system is flexible enough to allow the score to change, some, without triggering a need to re-license. For example, you usually can upgrade your…
Longtime reader Miles Wolbe send in an information-rich comment to the recent Langa.Com item, Is Windows 10 still free for Windows 7 users? Hi, Fred! Thanks so much for putting tinyapps.org on the map way back in 2001! It’s been a lot of fun maintaining it over the years. I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to get…
LangaList readers are sending in questions about some of the details in the recent three-part series on spec’ing, buying, and setting up a new Optane-equipped PC. Quick recap: In Part One, Taking the plunge with a new PC (AskWoody Plus newsletter 2019-06-03), you saw how I used Windows’ built-in performance tools to identify system bottlenecks,…
(Answer requested by M. Vincent Holguin) Sure. At least as a starting point, why not? And that’s true of all PC/phone/tablet/TV/etc. system settings. It’s not just a Windows/Power-setting thing. Default settings usually aren’t random. With major vendors and successful products, the default settings are what the vendor has found will work for most of the…
(Answer requested by Chris Whitten) There are several very easy ways to scan single files for malware. Easiest of all: You usually can simply right-click on any file, and when the menu opens, select Scan with… whatever your installed anti-malware tool is. For example, in a normal, default Windows 10 setup, you’d right click and…
Sort of, yes: Although the official free upgrade period ended literally years ago, it appears that Microsoft is still quietly allowing free upgrades on activated, fully-legit Win7 setups. See Here’s how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade | ZDNet. But I wouldn’t wait, if I were you! Because it’s unofficial, it could go…