Articles in Category: 2013

Ask Leo! #476 – Holiday Issue – Embracing the Most Important Attitude

Ask Leo! #475 – Reverting to a machine account for Windows 8.1 login, your stolen computer, returning malware and more…

Ask Leo! #474 – Disappearing webmasters, making yourself disappear from a computer, laptops and TVs, CryptoPrevent and more…

Ask Leo! #473 – To Worry or Not? Breaking into that second hand computer, closing Hotmail and more…

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Ask Leo! #472 – Why you don’t need a new machine, clearing browser caches, targeted advertising and more…

Ask Leo! #471 – Reinstalling IE, Leo’s Toolkit, What External Hard Drive to Get and more…

Ask Leo! #470 – Not getting mail, hotel wireless, a checklist for sound and more…

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Ask Leo! #469 – Yes, different passwords are that important. Windows Defender versus Microsoft Security Essentials and more…

Ask Leo! #468 – Avoiding ransomware, Sending large files, Saving email messages, dealing with being blocked and more…

Ask Leo! #467 – Making New Hotmail Accounts, Getting Infected Anyway, How SSL Works and more…

Ask Leo! #466 – Journalism is broken, speakers may not be, finding the PST and more…

Ask Leo! #465 – The Rumors of Microsoft Security Essentials’ Death have been Exaggerated

Ask Leo! #464 – Free Speech, Securing web sites, Internet speed, intercepting video chat and more…

Ask Leo! #463 – A Skill Everyone Needs, Outlook.com Customer Service, the Cost of Supporting XP and more…

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Ask Leo! #462 – Outlook, Outlook, Outlook, Idle Computers, Hacked Accounts and more…

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Ask Leo! #461 – Smooth video, making screen shots, spying ISP’s, lost photos and more…

Ask Leo! #460 – Archiving, making small text larger, checking short urls, Google+ and more…

Ask Leo! #459 – Internet for Everyone, Monitoring Your System, Search Engines, Cloning and more…

Ask Leo! #458 – Bye-Bye Ballmer, The Risks of Running XP, Cleaning Automatically and more…

Ask Leo! #457 – Manure? Yes, manure. Are background updates akin to malware,? Backing up LastPass and more…

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Ask Leo! #456 – Ten Years of Ask Leo!

Ask Leo! #455 – Constant Disk Activity: known and unknown, lots on Defragging, Facebook shares and more…

Ask Leo! #454 – Running CHKDSK, Lost Outlook.com passwords, night time hacking, government waste and more…

Ask Leo! #453 – Gmail tabs, IP address tracking, ads that know where you live and more…

Ask Leo! #452 – Windows Disk Cleanup, Shutting Down 8, Facebook password, CAPTCHA and more…

Ask Leo! #451 – Losing disk space, forwarding Hotmail, hacked webcams, WAIK and more…

Ask Leo! #450 – Make Windows 8 Less Annoying, What to do if your Facebook is Hacked, and more…

Ask Leo! #449 – Yahoo!’s email recycling program, uninstalling software, backing up (of course) and more…

Ask Leo! #448 – Email addresses: changing, finding, fixing, typing the wrong one and more…

Ask Leo! #447 – Windows Update, Change (again), upgrading an older machine and more…

Ask Leo! #446 – Backing Up, IP Addresses, AppData, DHCP and more…

Ask Leo! #445 – DHCP, Printing in Outlook.com, installing software safely and more…

Ask Leo! #444 – Saving downloaded programs, Using Windows file compression, Safe backups and more…

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Ask Leo! #443 – The Best Registry Cleaner? How to remove malware, blocking suspicious downloads and more…

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Ask Leo! #442 – Security Software Recommendations, My Surface Pro Thoughts, Longer Passwords, Microsoft Messenger and more…

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Ask Leo! #441 – Why don’t people back up? Password reset disks, Office 2013 subscription, running without a net and more…

Backups are one of the ways that people can protect themselves from everything from hardware failure to virus infections. So why don’t people backup?

Ask Leo! #440 – Just how many bits do you need? Software Rot, Emptying the Trash and more…

Ask Leo! #439 – Replacing my hard drive, flakey Bluetooth, how viruses spread and more…

I recently replaced the primary hard drive on my primary machine with an SSD. I’ll walk you through the steps I took that made the process relatively pain-free.

Ask Leo! #438 – No need to hate Windows 8, Outlook.com on the other hand, my use of cookies and more…

I recently upgraded my primary desktop machine to Windows 8. I did so with some trepidation after hearing many complaints. My reaction: what’s all the fuss about?

Ask Leo! #437 – He’s Back! Letting your neighbor share your WiFi, cookies, keyloggers, clipboards and more…

Ask Leo! #436 – Removing yourself from Google, malware traces, router passwords, Internal RAM sticks and more…

Removing yourself from Google, malware traces, router
passwords, Internal RAM sticks and more…

Ask Leo! #435 – Free email services, sudden scrolling, mail-to links, ethernet cards and more…

Free email services, sudden scrolling, mail-to links, ethernet cards and more…

Ask Leo! #434 – Forwarding email you shouldn’t, Apple viruses, full drives, Laundromat WiFi and more…

Forwarding email you shouldn’t, Apple viruses, full drives, Laundromat WiFi and more…

Ask Leo! #433 – Why reboot is step one, clicking on spam, TOR, comparing Cable and DSL and more…

Why reboot is step one, clicking on spam, TOR, comparing Cable and DSL and more…

Ask Leo! #432 – Hubs, Switches and Routers, “Your computer is at risk” messages and more…

Hubs, Switches and Routers, “Your computer is at risk” messages and more…

Ask Leo! #431 – Are You – no, YOU – backed up? Also, broken computers, cyber cops malware and more…

Are You – no, YOU – backed up? Also, broken computers,
cyber cops malware and more…

Ask Leo! #430 – Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam, passing robot tests, work-at-home sites and more…

Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam, passing robot tests,
work-at-home sites and more…

Ask Leo! #429 – Changing your email address, lost cookies, Macrium passwords, clean shut-downs, phone photos and more…

Changing your email address, lost cookies, Macrium passwords, clean shut-downs, phone photos and more…

Ask Leo! #428 – Staying Safe on the Internet, why progress bars suck, retrieving the Windows admin password and more…

Staying safe on the Internet, why progress bars suck,
retrieving the Windows admin password, and more…

Ask Leo! #427 – Software as a Bathroom (really), too much bandwidth, installing CDs with no drive and more…

Ask Leo! #426 – The reason malware exists, editing the hosts file, giving Quicken your info and more…

Ask Leo! #425 – Reverting to Windows 7, Fix-it’s that don’t, protecting external drives, Leo’s signature and more…

Reverting to Windows 7, Fix-its that don’t, protecting external drives, Leo’s signature and more…

Ask Leo! #424 – Disable Java, disposing of old hard drives, flash memory wearing out and more…

Disable Java, disposing of old hard drives, flash memory
wearing out and more…

Ask Leo! #423 – Closing and resizing Windows 8 apps, Ransomware, Win 7 in Win 8, proving email was sent and more…

Closing and resizing Windows 8 apps, Ransomware, Win 7 in Win 8, proving email was sent and more…

Ask Leo! #422 – The Windows 8 Start Menu, Dropping Dialup Connections, Banking with Linux and more…

The Windows 8 Start Menu, Dropping Dialup Connections, Banking with Linux and more…

Ask Leo! #421 – What Servers See, Combining Documents, Yahoo email safety and more…

What Servers See, Combining Documents, Yahoo email safety and more…

Ask Leo! #420 – 2012 Wrap-up, more answers, and an Ask Leo! announcement for 2013.

2012 Wrap-up, more answers, and an Ask Leo! announcement for 2013.