All Entries 2023 - Ask Leo!

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2023-12-30 Is Private Browsing Really Private?
2023-12-29 How Do I Change My Password for Google Mail?
2023-12-28 Revo Uninstaller – Uninstall Things That Won’t
2023-12-27 How Do I Fix “The App You’re Trying to Install Isn’t a Microsoft-Verified App”?
2023-12-25 How to Use Just a Single Password for Everything
2023-12-23 How to Send a Fax From Your PC
2023-12-22 Can You Make an Email Without a Phone Number?
2023-12-21 How Can I Password Protect My Documents?
2023-12-20 8 Ways You Can Increase Internet Speed in Windows
2023-12-16 How Do I Prevent a Service From Logging Me in Automatically?
2023-12-15 How to Create a Windows Recovery Drive
2023-12-14 How Do I Transfer Data After a Clean Install of Windows?
2023-12-13 Passkeys and Disaster Planning
2023-12-11 My Computer Doesn’t Work — What Do I Do?
2023-12-09 The Plight of the Average User
2023-12-08 How Do I Tell If an Attachment Is a Virus?
2023-12-07 Why Won’t My VeraCrypt Volume Back Up?
2023-12-06 How Do I Transfer Purchased Software to My New Machine?
2023-12-04 Thunderbird: a Free, Open Source, and Powerful Email Client
2023-12-02 How to Recover an Outlook.com Account Without the Recovery Phone or Email
2023-12-01 How Do I Uninstall Windows?
2023-11-30 This Is Why I Back Up
2023-11-29 10 Ways to Make Windows 10 and 11 Faster
2023-11-27 Can I Password Protect a Folder?
2023-11-25 Why Does Email with a Lot of BCC’ed Recipients Bounce?
2023-11-24 The Unexpected Clash: How One Program Can Impact Another
2023-11-23 Recovering from Ransomware with an Online Backup
2023-11-22 How to Back Up Windows
2023-11-20 How Do I Change My Email Name?
2023-11-18 Where Did This Message Come From?
2023-11-17 Recover Deleted Files in OneDrive
2023-11-16 Using OneDrive for Nearly Continuous Backup
2023-11-15 Why Does My Phone Charge Slowly on Some Chargers?
2023-11-13 My Computer Is Infected With Malware. Should I Just Throw It Out?
2023-11-11 How Can I Keep My Laptop Running With the Lid Closed?
2023-11-10 Restoring Files With File History
2023-11-09 Restoring a File From an EaseUS Todo Image Backup
2023-11-08 How Do I Tell If an Email Address Is Fake?
2023-11-06 5 Steps to Better Wi-Fi In Your House
2023-11-04 What Is “about:blank” (or “about:blank#blocked”) and How Do I Get Rid of It?
2023-11-03 Enable File History in Windows 11
2023-11-02 Restoring an Image Using EaseUS Todo
2023-10-30 Why Shouldn’t I “Forward to Everyone You Know”?
2023-10-28 Is My Chat History Saved Somewhere?
2023-10-27 Creating an EaseUS Todo Emergency Disk
2023-10-26 Will I Lose My Account If I Don’t Set a Recovery Email Address for My Google Account?
2023-10-25 Why Are There So Many Files?
2023-10-23 What Is a Browser Cache? How Do I Clear It?
2023-10-21 Boost Your Battery! Top Tips for Maximum Life
2023-10-20 Wait.
2023-10-19 Breaking Up with “Sign in With Facebook”: a Step-by-Step Guide
2023-10-19 Tip of the Day: Clean Temporary Files by Brute Force
2023-10-18 How Websites Remember You: Diving into Cookies & More
2023-10-16 Why Do I Have Constant Disk Activity in Windows?
2023-10-14 How Does “Undo Send” Work?
2023-10-13 Behind the Scenes – Refreshing an Article using AI, AI, and more AI
2023-10-13 Can I Retrieve a Message I Submitted via a Web Form?
2023-10-12 What Should I Do If My Computer Freezes Completely?
2023-10-11 How Should I Keep Recovery Codes Secure?
2023-10-10 Behind the Scenes: I’m Still Here!
2023-10-09 Will Email Bounce If I Send It to a Closed Account?
2023-10-07 Should I Turn My Computer Off at Night?
2023-10-06 Password Update Without Re-encrypting: How?
2023-10-05 Is Outsourcing Tech Support Evil?
2023-10-04 How to Avoid Losing Data No Matter What
2023-10-02 What’s the Difference Between Outlook, Outlook, and Outlook.com?
2023-09-30 How Do I Use an “Unallocated Space” Partition?
2023-09-29 Preparing for the Ultimate Disaster
2023-09-28 Why Is My External Hard Drive Not Showing in Windows?
2023-09-27 Should I Disconnect My Backup Drive When I’m Not Backing Up?
2023-09-25 What Are Hiberfil.sys, Swapfile.sys, and Pagefile.sys, and How Do I Remove Them?
2023-09-23 Why Is My Computer Hot and Loud?
2023-09-22 How to Delete Your Google Account Permanently
2023-09-21 How Can I Find Out Who Is Using a “File in Use”?
2023-09-20 What Is and Is Not Spam
2023-09-18 How Do I Get Someone’s Location From an IP Address?
2023-09-16 What’s So Special About 32?
2023-09-15 Why Don’t I Get Sound from My Computer?
2023-09-14 Can Everything I Do Online Be Monitored at the Router?
2023-09-13 How Do I Free Space in Outlook.com Without Losing Emails?
2023-09-11 Back Up Smartphone Photos Using Dropbox
2023-09-09 Google Account Hacked? What You Need to Do NOW!
2023-09-08 What Should I Do If I Lose Access to My Password Vault?
2023-09-07 Should I Log In With Facebook?
2023-09-06 No, Don’t Write Down Passwords
2023-09-04 Do I Need More Than One Anti-malware Tool?
2023-09-02 How Do I Use Two Google Accounts at the Same Time?
2023-09-01 Basics: Window Parts
2023-08-31 How Do I Disable the Touchpad on My Laptop?
2023-08-30 Using the Problem Steps Recorder
2023-08-28 Uninstalling Software You Don’t Need
2023-08-26 Why Is 800X600 My Only Resolution Option?
2023-08-25 Why Does Copying Files Slow Down?
2023-08-24 Do Multiple Browser Processes in Task Manager Slow My Computer?
2023-08-23 What’s the Point of “Mark as Spam”?
2023-08-21 What Information Should I Provide When Asking for Help?
2023-08-19 Is It OK to Use this Random Wireless Network I Just Found?
2023-08-18 How Do I Stop Spam?
2023-08-17 7 Things Your Sysadmin Probably Won’t Tell You
2023-08-16 How to Fix Windows Not Recognizing USB Device
2023-08-12 Why Do You Prefer Macrium Reflect Over Windows’s Own Image Backup Program?
2023-08-11 How Do I Forward My Old Email Address?
2023-08-10 What I’ve Learned Answering Questions for 20 Years
2023-08-09 No, Not Stone Tablets
2023-08-07 How Do I Copy Files When Windows Says I Don’t Have Permission to Access This Folder?
2023-08-05 Is It Really That Easy to Get Someone’s Password?
2023-08-04 Why Are My Revisions Visible in Word?
2023-08-03 Does Turning Off Remote Access Keep Me Safer?
2023-08-02 How Can I Avoid Losing My Business Email Account?
2023-07-31 What Can I Do If Someone Uses My Credit Card Online?
2023-07-30 Behind the Scenes: My Production Spreadsheet
2023-07-29 Why Shouldn’t I Post My Email Address in a Public Forum?
2023-07-28 Install Windows 11 Without a TPM 2.0 or on Older CPUs
2023-07-27 How Do I Report A Fake Facebook Account?
2023-07-26 Why Can’t I Upload a Backup Image to the Cloud?
2023-07-24 Is It Safe to Download from Download Sites?
2023-07-22 How Do I Create and Use Public Keys with SSH?
2023-07-21 What’s a Dictionary Attack?
2023-07-20 How Can Four Random Words Possibly Be More Secure Than 16 Random Characters?
2023-07-19 Dealing With Proprietary Backup Formats
2023-07-17 Every Application Adds Risk
2023-07-15 What Is JavaScript and Why Do I Need It?
2023-07-14 What Is Public Key Cryptography?
2023-07-13 How Does a Hardware Security Key Like YubiKey Work?
2023-07-12 Can’t I Just Delete My Hacked Account?
2023-07-10 Privacy Begins with the Operating System
2023-07-09 Behind the Scenes – Video Recording
2023-07-08 How Do I Delete and Reinstall Microsoft Edge?
2023-07-07 Why I (No Longer) Avoid BitLocker
2023-07-06 Requires Elevation — What Does That Mean and What Do I Do?
2023-07-05 Is Using a Shared Wi-fi Hotspot Safe?
2023-07-03 What are POP3, IMAP, and SMTP?
2023-07-01 Are You Ready for Your House to Burn Down?
2023-06-30 Why Are My Facebook Friends Getting Friend Requests That Aren’t From Me?
2023-06-29 You Are Not Too Old for Technology
2023-06-28 If I Leave a Service Like LastPass, Does My Data Remain Online?
2023-06-26 Can I Stop Others from Forwarding Messages?
2023-06-24 Why Don’t Installed Programs Show Up for All Users?
2023-06-23 How Do I Get Rid of Edge in Windows 11?
2023-06-22 Behind the Scenes: AutoHotKey
2023-06-22 How Do I Boot From a USB Thumb Drive?
2023-06-21 How Do I Move Email to an External Hard Drive?
2023-06-19 Should I Buy a New Computer to Fix Malware?
2023-06-17 How Do I View Full Email Headers in Gmail?
2023-06-16 Why ANY Two-Factor Is Better than No Two-Factor
2023-06-15 Patron Exclusive: Ask Leo! Behind the Scenes
2023-06-15 My Most Frequently Asked Question
2023-06-12 How Do I Edit a Reply?
2023-06-10 Will Google Delete Inactive Accounts?
2023-06-09 No, Your Inbox Is Not Full, and You Do Not Have Pending Messages
2023-06-08 Couldn’t I Just Clone a Drive for Backup?
2023-06-07 The Problem With OneDrive Backup
2023-06-05 Can I Use a Charger With the Same Voltage but Different Amperage Rating?
2023-06-03 How Long Should CHKDSK Take?
2023-06-02 How Do I Adjust Virtual Memory Settings?
2023-06-01 How to Change the Default Search Engine in Microsoft Edge
2023-05-31 Ignored by Online Services? Remember, You Are Not the Customer
2023-05-29 What Does “Not Responding” Mean?
2023-05-27 Is My Email Account Private?
2023-05-26 How Do I Find Where My Email Has Been Used as a Recovery Email?
2023-05-24 Can I Still Use LastPass Safely?
2023-05-22 How Do I Delete Multiple Emails When I Have a Lot to Delete?
2023-05-20 How Long Will I Get Email From an Inactive Account?
2023-05-19 What Computer Should I Give?
2023-05-18 Is “Juice Jacking” Real?
2023-05-17 Creating a Backup Image Using EaseUS Todo Free
2023-05-15 Why Doesn’t “Back” Always Work?
2023-05-13 Can I Move an Installed Application to Another Drive?
2023-05-12 Should I Turn Windows Fast Startup On or Off?
2023-05-11 My Mouse is Moving On Its Own. What Can I Do?
2023-05-10 Is It OK to Leave a Thumb Drive Inserted All the Time?
2023-05-08 How Do I Get an Old Version of a Webpage?
2023-05-06 What Is Podcasting?
2023-05-05 My Computer’s Been Compromised. What Should I Do?
2023-05-04 What Does “Unsupported Software” Really Mean?
2023-05-03 Will AI Crack Your Passwords?
2023-05-01 Is a Microsoft 365 Subscription Worth It?
2023-04-29 How Do I Transfer Hotmail or Outlook.com Contacts to Another Account?
2023-04-28 What’s a NAS? How Do I Set One Up?
2023-04-27 Does Deleting Cookies Free Memory?
2023-04-26 Don’t Use Windows Built-in Image Backup
2023-04-24 Why Online Petitions are Often (and Still) a Bad Idea
2023-04-22 How Do I Delete Attachments in Outlook.com?
2023-04-21 Why is My Outlook.com Email Suddenly Full?
2023-04-20 How Do I Restore a Backup to a New PC?
2023-04-19 Don’t Be Fooled By Ads
2023-04-17 Don’t Rely on System Restore
2023-04-15 Why Does My Home Network Only Work with One Computer at a Time?
2023-04-14 My Computer Locks Up and Won’t Boot. What Do I Do?
2023-04-13 Coping with Windows
2023-04-12 What’s the Best Password Manager in 2025?
2023-04-10 How Do I Prevent Credit Card Theft?
2023-04-08 How Can I Tell if Someone’s Reading My Email?
2023-04-07 Don’t Trust Your Ears
2023-04-06 What’s the (Number) Added to Some of My Downloads?
2023-04-05 Is AI Taking Over the World?
2023-04-03 Can I Check for Malware before Downloading Something?
2023-03-31 How Do I Monitor My Home Network Usage?
2023-03-30 Where Can I Download Old Software Versions?
2023-03-29 Running CHKDSK When CHKDSK Won’t Run
2023-03-27 Why Is There So Much Spam?
2023-03-25 All the Emails in My Inbox Disappeared! What Do I Do?
2023-03-24 Why Can’t I Delete This File?
2023-03-23 How Should I Back Up a New Machine?
2023-03-22 Is Windows 10 Going Away?
2023-03-20 Why Do Edits Made to a Document Emailed to Me Disappear?
2023-03-18 What Is a “Subnet Mask”?
2023-03-17 If Someone Gets Into My Gmail Account, Can They Get Into Others?
2023-03-16 How Can I Send an Attachment If It’s Blocked by the Recipient’s Email Program?
2023-03-15 Why You — Yes, You — Are a Target of Hackers
2023-03-13 What is Virtual Memory?
2023-03-11 How Do I Turn Off Automatic Formatting in Microsoft Word?
2023-03-10 How Do I Monitor Network Activity in Windows?
2023-03-09 Open Source Doesn’t Mean Free
2023-03-08 How Should I Back Up When Traveling?
2023-03-06 WHY IS EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET SO GRUMPY?
2023-03-04 Are Facial Recognition and Fingerprint ID Safe?
2023-03-02 My #1 Debugging Technique
2023-03-01 What Encryption Software Do You Recommend?
2023-02-27 What Are All These Programs Running After I Boot Windows?
2023-02-25 How Do I Keep My Email Address When I Change My ISP?
2023-02-24 What Do I Do About Windows File Explorer Crashing?
2023-02-23 I Keep Getting “DNS Server Not Responding” Errors. What Can I Do?
2023-02-22 Why Is It Important to Have Different Passwords on Different Accounts?
2023-02-20 Why Do People Create Free Software?
2023-02-18 Where Do Viruses Come From?
2023-02-17 How to Locate a File on Your Computer in Seconds
2023-02-16 Exchanging Files with Dropbox
2023-02-15 How to Use Cloud Storage Safely
2023-02-13 How Do I Send Anonymous Email?
2023-02-10 How Do I Test Backups?
2023-02-09 How Can a Hacker Try All Possible Passwords If Systems Block Failed Login Attempts?
2023-02-08 Setting Up 1Password
2023-02-06 Your 6 Strongest Practical Password Techniques, Ranked
2023-02-03 How to Avoid Retyping Error Messages
2023-02-03 I Enabled Two-Factor Authentication and Now My Email Program Can’t Sign In
2023-02-02 How Do I Fix a CRC Error When I Try to Copy a File?
2023-02-01 Just What Is Common Sense?
2023-01-30 How Long Should a Password Be?
2023-01-27 How Do I Reactivate an Old Email Account?
2023-01-26 How Do I Remove Malware from Windows 10 or 11?
2023-01-25 It Pays to Be Skeptical
2023-01-23 Stop Spreading Manure
2023-01-21 Macrium Reflect Free is Going Away
2023-01-20 Another Reason NOT to Reuse Passwords
2023-01-19 8 Steps to Securing Your Router
2023-01-18 Is Using the Cloud Safe?
2023-01-16 How Can I Make My Computer Faster?
2023-01-13 How Do I Back Up My Computer?
2023-01-12 Can an External Drive Fail?
2023-01-11 LastPass Breach 2022: My Recommendation
2023-01-09 My Email Is Hacked, How Do I Fix It?
2023-01-06 12 Steps to Keep from Getting Your Account Hacked
2023-01-05 Do I Really Need a Recovery Email?
2023-01-04 Internet Safety: 7 Steps to Staying Safe Online
2023-01-02 Who Is My Home Network Administrator?

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