These are 60-second fixes — little things you can do to your PC, phone or tablet right now that can free up storage, save battery life, improve performance or simply make your technology less annoying.
Is your computer taking longer to get going in the morning than you do? Before you decide it's time to spend hundreds of dollars on a new one, give the old girl a little attention.
A reader recently sent us this question: “Do the drivers update automatic? My virus wear keeps saying they need updated. Not sure how to find them and to see if they do.” This is a good question because computers have an impressive ability to make a perfectly ordinary update sound like you're preparing a rocket for launch.
A reader recently ran into a fake “PC App Store” page while trying to download Adobe Reader. The name sounded official enough to make anyone pause. After all, most of us have heard the term PC for years. But what does PC actually mean? Does it mean any computer?Does it mean a Windows computer?Is a … Continue reading What Does “PC” Even Mean Anymore?
“I got myself in a pickle again. I was going to download Adobe Reader and clicked on this site and it came up PC App Store and it won’t let me in on my accounts unless I create an account. My credit card will not let the payment through as they know it is a dubious site. How can I get rid of this site as I’m pretty well locked out of my accounts? It won’t let me get into any sites on my computer. I click on Edge, Chrome, etc., and nothing happens. I think they have me as a hostage.”
Hidden inside the gadgets you already own are little shortcuts and settings that can save time, reduce frustration, speed things up, find lost stuff, fix annoyances, and make you look suspiciously competent in front of family members.
Let’s talk about Notepad. You know, that plain little Windows program most people open by accident, use once every three years, then forget exists.
Smarter Settings for People Who Like Their Computer to Behave
We've got 7 simple, practical tweaks to improve your Windows PC.
We’ve all had that heart-stopping moment: a coffee spill, a blue screen, or the “click-click-click” noise of a dying hard drive. If you don’t have a backup, that sound might as well be your data packing its bags. Let’s fix that before tragedy strikes.