When searching, you should take care to avoid clicking on advertised results. Advertisers create these results, and it is easier than ever to trick users into believing the advertised result is a link to a legitimate company. In some of the scams I have seen, the...

Below is an interesting article on how to trick the Microsoft Website into thinking you are not on Windows so that you can download an ISO without the Media Creation Tool. Although the Media Creation Tool is helpful for most users, it is a wonder that Microsoft does...

Oh, the hysteria!I don't want to go as far as to say that Windows 7 is perfectly safe to use, and as a rule, people really should use computers, operating systems and software that are as up to date as possible, but the hysteria that Microsoft has been able to...

When I originally posted this article I blamed Microsoft for Chrome Shortcuts not working. It seems that the problem was not Microsoft's and the solution offered was not the best option. Application Shortcuts or shortcuts to sites where you can open as a window are...

There are a number of resources on the Web for this, but most are outdated or take the process further than I wanted. To be clear, I don't want to disable the Pi's desktop or block the user from using Chrome. I just want the Pi to default to opening Chrome, full...

It seems that all fresh installs of Microsoft Windows 7 fail to successfully update using the built-in Windows Update. Some manual intervention is needed. The issues are not always the same and this fix won't work for all such issues, but I have had success with this...

These days computer users have to think suspiciously to avoid infecting their computers. Especially if you use Social Media sites like Facebook. Even if you take precautions on Facebook by only "Friending" people you know personally anyone of your friends can make an...