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Optional Windows Updates fly under the radar on many Home systems. They come as different types. The most common is the monthly non-security preview update for Windows 10 and Windows 11. There are other optional updates, e.g., bug fixes, other non-security updates and also improvements. Up until recently, administrators had to search for optional updates…
You may have heard it a thousand times already, but here it comes again: protecting accounts with strong and unique passwords, and using a second form of authentication is essential to security. While the main focus seems to be on this recommendation, many guides fail to mention other essentials. One example: while strong passwords and…
Google launched an updated Titan Security Key last week. The new hardware key supports FIDO2, which means that it is compatible with a wide range of services. While you may use it exclusively for Google accounts, you can store up to 250 entries using it. Titan Security Key works similarly to other hardware keys, including…
What would you do, if you were in control of the world’s most used search engine and web browser, and also the world’s largest advertising company? Would you keep things strictly separate, even if it would mean leaving billions of Dollar on the table? Google’s control of advertising, to a large degree at least, and…
The new Outlook app by Microsoft will replace the apps Mail and Calendar on Windows, and the classic Outlook desktop app in the future. This app may transfer email login information to Microsoft Cloud servers, if users use IMAP or SMTP accounts. This happens only if the sync feature is enabled according to Microsoft. Put…
Microsoft released security updates for all supported client versions of Windows yesterday. Only three non-Enterprise versions are supported right now: Windows 10 version 22H2, Windows 11 version 22H2 and the new Windows 11 version 23H2. A quick check of KB5032190, the update for both Windows 11 versions, reveals, that it includes the Moment 4 features….
Microsoft added support for creating and extracting ZIP archives into its Windows operating system. The Moment 4 update and the Windows 11 version 23H2 update introduced support for extracting additional formats, including RAR, TAR and 7Z. The archive functionality is certainly a useful feature. Right-click on an archive and select the extract option to decompress…
Google announced an update to storage policies in November 2020. Back then, the company informed users that it changed which files count against a user’s storage quota. The change affects high quality photos uploaded to Google Photos and also new Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms or Jamboard files. One of these services, Jamboard, a…
O&O AppBuster is a free application by O&O Software GMBH. The program enables Windows 10 and 11 users to uninstall apps that Microsoft does not want users to remove from the system. While some apps are critical components of Windows, the same can’t be said for all locked apps. Apps like Photos, Phone Link, Game…
Hard drives may become obsolete from time to time. Maybe your are switching to a new PC or replaced a hard drive with a new one. You may also sell a PC or laptop, or hand it over to someone else. Data on hard drives may be recoverable, even if you format the hard drive….