by Brian Haines | Mar 28, 2025 | Computers
For most users, a Microsoft Account enables device encryption, find my device services, and data and settings synchronization. This can be an important part of the data security and protection plan. I prefer not to have Microsoft collect data I have already shared...
by Brian Haines | Jan 18, 2024 | Computers
Chris Titus shares an excellent video tutorial on setting up a Windows VM on Linux using QEMU/KVM and Virtmanager. It is really brilliant. My main desktop in my home office is running Debian Bookworm and I have my Windows install in a VM that performs about as good as...
by Brian Haines | Jan 8, 2024 | Computers
I used to build computers to order for clients and friends. Over the past year, I have built three computers for my use. One started with just some upgrades for my PC and became a mostly new build. The other was for my UNRAID server used for NAS storage and Docker...
by Brian Haines | Sep 11, 2023 | Computers
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...
by Brian Haines | Dec 12, 2021 | Computers
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...
