Articles in Category: 2014

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Ask Leo! #528 – Hard drives in dead computers, Deleting multiple emails, Are they really deleted?, Avoiding Bitlocker, and more…

Hard drives in dead computers, Deleting multiple emails, Are they really deleted?, Avoiding Bitlocker, and more…

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Ask Leo! #527 – Your new computer, Removing websites, Avoiding two-factor risks, 5 suggestions for the new year and more…

Your new computer, Removing websites, Avoiding two-factor risks, 5 suggestions for the new year and more…

Ask Leo! #526 – Pictures not Showing, When Pages Were Written, Microsoft Update, Time to Unsubscribe and more…

Pictures not Showing, When Pages Were Written, Microsoft Update, Time to Unsubscribe and more…

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Ask Leo! #525 – Machines full of malware, Cloud danger, blocking contact, SSL, and more…

Machines full of malware, Cloud danger, blocking contact, SSL, and more…

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Ask Leo! #524 – Searching, Searching, & Searching … and not finding Windows 10 Image Backup

Searching, Searching, & Searching … and not finding Windows 10 Image Backup

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Ask Leo! #523 – A Tale of Woe, What to Look For in a New Computer, and more…

A Tale of Woe, What to Look For in a New Computer, and more…

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Ask Leo! #522 – So many clouds! Filtering junk, not filtering not junk, labels versus folders, remembering passwords and more…

So many clouds! Filtering junk, not filtering not junk, labels versus folders, remembering passwords and more…

Ask Leo! #521 – Why I LOVE email, Dealing with IE crashes, disappearing email, forms filling themselves in and more…

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Ask Leo! #520 – Crashing Windows Explorer, more Wi-Fi Security, BoxCryptor, the return of the Podcast, and more…

What to do when Windows Explorer crashes, Wi-Fi Security that’s not really security at all, encrypting your cloud with BoxCryptor, the Podcast is back, and more…

Ask Leo! #519 – Backing up to DVD, Huge PSTs, More Secure Open Wi-Fi, A Story of Data Loss and more…

Ask Leo! #518 – Windows Startup, Common Sense, and yes – Dancing Bunnies!

Ask Leo! #517 – Backing Up Gmail and LastPass, Two-Factor Authentication, and Common Sense…

Ask Leo! #516 – The Safety of Password Managers, How Programs Use RAM, Using Cloud Storage as Cloud Backup and more…

Ask Leo! #515 – Finding an email address, Supercookies, Hotmail Aliases, and a reminder of Amazement and Wonder

Ask Leo! #514 – Why Closed Accounts Send Spam, Preparing to Lose Your Hotmail Account, A Rough Week and more…

Ask Leo! #513 – MSN.com, tracking cookies, Hotmail recovery, constant change and more…

Ask Leo! #512 – Absolute Security, Dangers of ZIP Files, Losing Your Email account and more…

Ask Leo! #511 – Excel 2003 as a Security Threat, Tracing a IP Address, Network Activity, the (yawn) XPocalypse, and more…

Ask Leo! #510 – Backing Up, Changing a Gmail Password, Defragging Files, Reading What’s in Front of You and more…

Ask Leo! #509 – RAM Upgrades, Closing Accounts, Storing Scans, Dying Applicatons and more…

Ask Leo! #508 – BadUSB, Random Crashes, Online Harassment and the Quickest Way to Lose Your Account Forever

Ask Leo! #507 – Preventing Account Hacks, Booting from CD, Losing Digital Information Over Time and more…

Ask Leo! #506 – Reinstalling Periodically, Multiple Anti-malware programs, Bouncing Email, Windows 8 Backup and more…

Ask Leo! #505 – Legal Help, Unanswered Support Emails, The Event Viewer Scam and more…

Ask Leo! #504 – LastPass still secure, Partitioning, Changing mobile numbers, email providers, and more…

Ask Leo! #503 – Facebook’s Test, More on Remembered Passwords, Reporting Spam, Services and more …

Ask Leo! #502 – CHKDSK, Multiple Passwords, Remembering Multiple Passwords, A Peek Behind the Curtain and more…

Ask Leo! #501 – Thumb drives wear out! Do privacy apps work? Misdirected email, a non-tech item and more…

Ask Leo! #500 – Another Milestone! Nightly reboots, unsubscribing from spam, backing up Hotmail and more…

Ask Leo! #499 – Reading books, No installation media, Can your school/employer/ISP snoop on you, and more…

Ask Leo! #498 – Login backgrounds, the current confusing state of TrueCrypt, and more…

Ask Leo! #497 – Partition Juggling, Right to be Forgotten, Testing Backups, Dynamic Disks and more…

Ask Leo! #496 – Giving Away Your Privacy, Heartbleed and your Router, Port 80, Security Breaches and more…

Ask Leo! #495 – Open Wi-Fi Hotspots, Frustrating Change, Continued XP Support and more…

Ask Leo! #494 – More Software Engineers Needed, Speeding up Computers, Misleading Advertising and more…

Ask Leo! #493 – Getting an update, Not getting PUPs, and just what am I anyway?

Ask Leo! #492 – Heartbleed, Panic, Moore’s Law and more…

Ask Leo! #491 – MSE on XP is confusing, parental control, negative reviews and more…

Ask Leo! #490 – Automatic sign-in, end of support, spamming spammers, jerks and more…

Ask Leo! #489 – Backing Up, Hacking your Administrator Account, Internet vs. Brick-and-mortar, and more…

Ask Leo! #488 – Opening ISO Files, Will XP Have a Very Bad Day?, Running without a Net, OpenOffice and more…

Ask Leo! #487 – What I don’t know, Drowning in SPAM, The state of anti-malware tools and more…

Ask Leo! #486 – Password length, memory versus hard disk, destructive self-talk and more…

Ask Leo! #485 – Windows 8 a disaster? Signing in to it automatically anyway. Dial-up downloads, Microsoft accounts and more…

Ask Leo! #484 – Password changes, more XP, asking Why?, downgrading from 8 to 7 and more…

Ask Leo! #483 – Protecting your PC from Housemates, Review Sites are Broken, Downgrading from Win 8 and more…

Ask Leo! #482 – Windows XP Must Die – Keeping XP – Internal Server Errors and more…

Ask Leo! #481 – The Evils of Autoplay (the other one), Missing Installation Media and more…

Ask Leo! #480 – Spam. Tech Support is Hard.

Ask Leo! #479 – Network Neutrality – Email on Multiple Machines – Trusting Websites & more…

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Ask Leo! #478 – Tracking what programs are starting, new year course corrections and more…

Ask Leo! #477 – Holiday Issue – The Top 10 of 2013