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• How to Get Data Off a Hard Drive in a Dead Computer
  Posted on Monday June 30, 2025
  Extracting data from a hard drive in a dead computer shouldn't be too difficult (unless it's the drive itself that caused the problem). I'll walk you through some of the options and steps you can take. Continue Reading »
• Core vs. Logical Processors: What Really Powers Your CPU?
  Posted on Saturday June 28, 2025
  Your computer's CPU is a complex piece of circuitry trying to maximize how much it can do and how quickly it can do it. I'll outline one of the techniques that makes a single CPU core look like two. Continue Reading »
• What Happens If You Click a Bad Link?
  Posted on Friday June 27, 2025
  Accidentally clicking a malicious link might be benign if you catch it soon enough. I'll review what makes the difference, and what steps you need to take next. Continue Reading »
• How to Extract Text with Text Extractor
  Posted on Thursday June 26, 2025
  Copying text from error messages or images can be difficult. OCR tools like Text Extractor make it easy. I'll show you how. Continue Reading »
• Where Are My OneDrive Files?
  Posted on Wednesday June 25, 2025
  What OneDrive does with your files can be both frustrating and confusing. I'll walk through two important issues: what's really on your computer (or not) and the impact of using OneDrive's horrid backup "feature". Continue Reading »
• I Run Security Software. Why Do I Still Sometimes Get Infected?
  Posted on Monday June 23, 2025
  Any security software can miss something, no matter how good. It's important to understand why this is and what you can need to about it. Continue Reading »
• What Is the Clipboard? Where Is the Clipboard?
  Posted on Saturday June 21, 2025
  The Windows clipboard is a fundamental and exceptionally useful feature that many take for granted. I'll review what it is and what it's good for. Continue Reading »
• All the “Ishings” Trying to Scam You
  Posted on Friday June 20, 2025
  The concept of phishing has spawned a variety of "ishing" terms. They represent different ways scammers try to achieve a common goal: to scam you. I'll review what they all mean. Continue Reading »
• Why Do You Have Two Different Backup Program Recommendations?
  Posted on Thursday June 19, 2025
  I want to explain why I have more than one recommendation for a backup program. Talking about one doesn't mean I've stopped recommending the other(s). Continue Reading »
• My OneDrive-free Experiment
  Posted on Wednesday June 18, 2025
  I wanted to see if I could live without OneDrive and avoid the risk that OneDrive would make changes I didn't request. Turns out, it's not that hard. I'll walk you through what I did and how I did it. Continue Reading »