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Q: When Microsoft in its infinite indifference decided to abandon Skype (which I often used) and tell the faithful to shift to its Teams, it promised that the address book would automatically transition.  Well, it didn’t. My son in Colorado didn’t have any problems but neither of us could figure out where dear old dad […]

If Santa was good to you this year, there’s a good possibility that you may be staring at a shiny new computer with a blazing-fast processor, gobs of memory, and a screen so crisp it makes your old one look like it’s displaying digital oatmeal. But once you’ve copied over your pet photos, digital music […]

Q: This is a personal one but you might field it anyway. Between you, Leo Notenboom and GrumpySysadmin, I’m able to get nearly every tech question answered. You each have your own special style, yours sometimes infuriating because you’re (sometimes) the king of backhanded solutions; however, I love your contributions to The Tech Space. “Get […]

Q: Even before the cutoff date for end of support for Win10, when I go to update and security it tells me “Something went wrong, check back later.” Now that it’s after cutoff date I can’t figure out how to enroll in any option for ESU. Frustration growing…  Definitely miss your articles!  – Tom L.Fort […]

Q: The list of processes in my Task Manager shows “Microsoft Edge (48)” and “Google Chrome (42)” immediately after startup. Beneath each are the list of 48 & 42 running things respectively. That said, Edge has only seven tabs and Chrome only five tabs open. As you’d expect, both items are dominating memory consumption with […]

Geek Note: This is a special “Best of” issue of It’s Geek To Me, with a column that I first ran all the way back in 2017 (I.G.T.M. #500, Feb 19, 2017).  The information in it is just as relevant today, as I continue to see friends and colleagues responding to innocent-looking Facebook tropes, not […]

Geek Note: I received several emails from readers in response to my recent series about poor password management. I thought I’d share this one that stood out with you. • • • Q: I agree with your columns about passwords (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #951, Oct 12, 2025 and I.G.T.M. #953, Oct 26, 2025). At the […]

Q: I am the administrator of my home PC.  So, I run with an account that has Administrator privileges enabled.  Even with this configuration, I still receive occasional annoying prompts asking if I want to do some admin-level action or another.  How can I configure my system to not get these prompts?  – Jack H.Fort […]

Q: I read your “It’s Geek to Me” about lazily using passwords. (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. #951, Oct 12, 2025 and I.G.T.M. #953, Oct 26, 2025) Well, I’m guilty of doing that since I use a little red book to write them down in. But, when a site generates a password, I don’t want to write […]

Geek Note: Today’s column is the delayed Part Two of the two-part series on good and poor Password Practices that I started two weeks ago.  If you missed Part One, be sure and visit my website and check out I.G.T.M. Issue #951, Oct 12, 2025. That issue covered the dilemma of choosing convenience over security, […]