Technology

I’ve never been one to alter the colors of any of my computers’ interfaces. I’m just not that way. Call me boring, I suppose. I do, however, know a ton of people who change up the look of things the minute they get a new computer. It’s as if they can’t begin work until they […]

If you’re a casual user of Windows 10, heavy duty customization probably ins’t all that important to you. After all, you most likely use your computer to simply create documents and browse the internet. If you work on your computer every single day of your life, however, making your workflow as efficient as possible is […]

Ever since Windows 10 has been released, I’ve found myself clicking the File Explorer folder down in the task bar for just about everything I need. At this point, I can’t even remember what I used to do when I browsed my computer in earlier versions of Windows. I can tell you that today, I […]

This is an exciting post to write. I know that so many of us use Windows 10 every single day to accomplish all types of work, but I also know that most of us don’t take advantage of so much of what Windows has to offer. It really does offer a lot. It’s chock full […]

I used to be one of the types of people who liked to know everything that was going on, all the time. Over the years, I’ve loosened up quite a bit and I no longer need to have that sort of control in my life. One of the areas I always enjoyed toying with and […]

Have you ever wondered how to control who knows what when you’re browsing around the internet on your computer? Have you ever wondered how to control the data you send Microsoft while simply going about menial, every day tasks on your PC? Have you ever wondered how to control the settings of your computer camera […]

If you’ve ever read any of my posts on this blog, you probably know that I use a lot of screenshots to help explain things. I used them when I’m working in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Camera Raw as well as when I’m working in Windows. Currently, I have Windows 10 installed, so that’s the operating […]

Do you know where to go in Windows 10 if you wanted to defragment and optimize you hard drives? What about if you wanted to view some event logs? Okay, how about changing your time zone or viewing your devices and printers? If you do, that means you are very familiar with Windows. The funny […]

While I don’t use the command line in Windows 10 very often, I’ve been known to dabble in it on occasion. I’ll tell you though, when I do get to the little black screen, I feel all sorts of powerful. It hasn’t always been this way and as a matter of fact, just a few […]

Back in the late 1990s, I used to work for a huge insurance company down in Atlanta, Georgia. About half way through my nine month stint, the company decided that it was critical that we, as employees who worked on computers, lock our screens each and every time we left our desks. We didn’t argue […]