How-to: turn off “Microsoft Start”

With the 21H1 update to Windows 10, MSN got renamed and plastered all over your desktop. So the question now is: how do I turn off “Microsoft Start?”

FaceBook is so Meta

FaceBook is so Meta. Except it isn’t. FaceBook is still FaceBook: a toxic sludge of junk advertising masquerading as a social network.

Windows Update Fail Goes Up to 11

I’ll keep my outrage short. Windows Update gave me the terse message “this PC doesn’t currently meet Windows 11 system requirements.”

How-to: Microsoft’s PC Health Check

Windows 11 is officially released, but not every machine can run it; you may need Microsoft’s PC Health Check to find out.

How-to: Check Before Opening Email

You can tell a lot about someone from their address; email is no different: here’s how to check before opening email@gimmedamoney.com

Email scams, phishing and malware attacks are multiplying. You’re not safe in your own inbox – unless you take some simple precautions. While your mail provider may run a lot of scans, blacklisting and other email security measures, a lot still gets through. You can weed out a lot of the junk yourself just by checking the sender/’from’ address.

Three Free Alternative PDF Readers

Adobe Acrobat DC is slow, bloated and constantly flogging other Adobe products; so I’ve replaced it with three free alternative PDF readers. Just because Adobe owns the PDF format, you don’t have to use what they give you.