by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 20, 2022 | General Computing
Windows 10 has added so many features and easier ways to manage things; your Recycle Bin is no exception to these upgrades. Today I’m going to show you a few things about the Recycle Bin you may not have known about that will help you better manage your...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 20, 2022 | General Computing
Windows has some powerful tools hidden under the hood that will allow you to take control of your system or fix errors when they arise. For many of these tools, you will need to open a command prompt, not just any. You will need an administrative command prompt. There...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 17, 2022 | General Computing
Since Windows 7, Microsoft has added some nice self-healing tools to the Operating System. SFC is no small exception to this lineup of power-hitting tools. Although this tool has actually been around since Windows 98 it still packs a powerful punch in fixing issues....
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 17, 2022 | General Computing
Microsoft is working to replace the tried and true control panel with the new Settings app. It is ‘Ok,’ but there are several things that are harder to do or not present. Also, if you are like me and have been doing it a while, you might just be used to...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 10, 2022 | General Computing
Splashtop is a helpdesk software agents use to access a computer and render support. Sometimes during cleanup processes or other activities, you may need to exclude Splashtop from getting closed. Here are some lists that will help you exclude Splasthop’s...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Sep 3, 2022 | General Computing
It might be a few years late to the game, but if you find yourself running into an error during Windows 10 Upgrade, you might need to remove VirtualBox to progress forward temporarily. Several months ago, I saw a similar error when upgrading to Windows 11, and devs...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Sep 3, 2022 | General Computing
Suppose you have an existing email and don’t want to set up a Gmail just to use something YouTube or sign into google for any of their other services. You can use your existing email! Visit this link: https://accounts.google.com/signupwithoutgmail Enter your...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Jul 28, 2022 | General Computing
If you are a real estate agent, you might wonder which computer you should choose. If you are an independent agent or working for a larger brokerage that gives you a budget to pick your computer, then keep reading because I’m going to tell you the best computer...
by Spencer Heckathorn | May 26, 2022 | General Computing
When working in IT, there is a common and great debate over whether it is better to set no password expiration or to expire the password after some time. Microsoft even warns against expiring passwords, and as any thoughtful admin knows, it leads to bad password...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Apr 12, 2022 | General Computing
This article was written for a custom-built computer specifically for the needs of a machine shop. If someone sent you this article, the intent is to have you order parts for them to build the computer or possibly for you to build the computer. Each part will come...
