Category: OS

I’ve written a few tech tip articles for Mac OS X, but hopefully you’ll find this list of common Mac OS X problems and solutions helpful. GMail Bug In …

There are performance and security benefits to disabling short file names (or 8.3 file names) on a Windows Server. From the graph below, you can see the performance benefits …

I was recently working on an older computer that needed a fresh installation of Windows 7. I downloaded a fresh image of Windows 7 with SP1 and ran through …

If you have a clean install of Windows 8 or Windows 10, you may have run into this error message before. There are a couple of steps you can …

If you’re a Mac user, you probably know that you can go to System Preferences from the Apple menu in OS X, then go to Sharing and change your …

I purchased a laptop that was pre-loaded with Windows 8 Home Edition. I was running the Technical Preview of Windows 10 since it was available to the public. When …

If you’re running Windows 10 and have ever run across the error above, stating: “Critical Error Start Menu and Cortana aren’t working”, then some of these solutions might fix …

Since I just wrote an article on how to change the time to show the notification popup, I thought I would also write one on how to disable or …

If you use Windows 10 then you’re probably familiar with the notification popup and Action Center. After using Windows 10 for a while, I thought the notification popup went …

If you enjoyed having Aero Glass and gaussian blur in previous versions of Windows, then you might miss those theme enhancements if you upgrade to Windows 10. Luckily for …