When an issue affects Windows systems around the globe, who better to explain it to you than a former Windows developer?
The CrowdStrike Outage Explained By A Former Windows Developer
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I, For One, Welcome The End Of Support For Windows 7
Yesterday, January 14th 2020, marked the end of support date for Windows 7, and with that came the same cries of anger that came when Microsoft finally killed of Windows XP support back in 2014. All over the internet (especially Twitter) you can find people actually angry at Microsoft for ending support for the decade […]
Reddit And Computer Elitism (Or, How Not To Actually Answer A Question) – Part 2
Yesterday I told the story of what happened on Reddit when my friend Prince Watercress decided to ask a relatively simple tech support question in the Windows 10 subreddit. To put the relatively long story short, while one person provided actual advice (from their own experience) which didn’t solve the problem but was still helpful, […]
Reddit And Computer Elitism (Or, How Not To Actually Answer A Question) – Part 1
My buddy Prince Watercress had a bit of an issue a few nights ago. After updating his PC to Windows 10 build 1903 his system would start up in the middle of the night which, as you could imagine, was a bit of an annoyance to him. Now, Watercress decided to ask on Reddit, namely […]
Firefox Quantum – Initial Impressions
Been a good long while since I really wrote anything about computer tech or software on the modern front, but then again there hasn’t been too much going on that’s really received more than an “oh, okay” reaction from me. In this case, though, I’ve got a bit more of a reaction to Firefox 57 […]
Windows 95 – A First Look (1996 VHS Tape)
Windows 95 was a big change to how many people used their computers. Beyond introducing the Start Menu, it was in some ways so different that it could prove difficult for many users to adapt to. To that end, many companies produced VHS tapes designed to help ease people into the new, but very capable, […]
Let’s talk about Microsoft Paint
A couple of days ago, the internet was seemingly enraged over the announcement that the next Windows 10 update would remove the legendary paint program from Windows. Oh yes, people got pissed. Then, the next day Microsoft decided to announce that paint isn’t going anywhere; at least, not in principle. Here’s what’s up: Paint 3D […]
A Quick Tech Support Scam Video – Windows 8 With 480MB Of Ram!
Lewis’s Tech is somewhat of a legend among the anti-scammer community, and this video can quickly show you some reasons why. I’m sharing it not just for how fun this one is, but how quick it is to watch, at only 10 minutes, it goes over quite a bit. We have the usual remote support […]
Tech Support Scammers Have A New Trick – Forced BSOD
I meant to get this post out last week, but I got caught up in quite a bit of stuff. Go figure! I also haven’t been posting as much about tech scammers, but it’s somewhat hard to do properly – there are so many videos with so much content that all really kind of is […]
Upgrading to Windows 10
Windows 10 was released to the public on July 29th, 2015. In the first 24 hours, it was reported to have been installed by 14 million users, which is an impressive initial adoption rate. Of course, that morning, I saw many friends online discussion their own upgrades, their computers prompting them that morning that the […]
My Final Comments on Windows 8
On July 29th, 2015, Microsoft will release Windows 10, the successor to Windows 8. Windows 10 will bring more improvements to the continually evolving Windows Operating System. This releases is being met with praise from both common users and tech-heads alike for numerous upgrades and improvements over previous Windows releases. Namely, over it’s predecessor, Windows […]
Oh Windows
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that the latest version of Windows, named Windows 10, would be delivered “as a service” rather than as we traditionally think of operating systems. Instead of releaseing new versions every few years, it looks like Microsoft is going to simply upgrade 10, constantly evolving it as technology improves, without the traditional major […]
Windows XP End of Support – My Thoughts.
Today is the day Windows XP dies. As I begin typing this article, it is Midnight, the morning of April 8th, 2014. Microsoft official support of any kind for Windows XP, its nearly 13 year old indescribably successful computer operating system, has ended. I, for one, am glad to see this day finally come. While […]
First Look at Windows 8.1
Today, Microsoft released a video showing some of the new features of Windows 8.1 or “Windows Blue” as it was known during it’s development. This video shows off features of the new operating system update, focusing on improvements to Modern UI elements like the Start Screen, App snapping, and the overhauled search function. Let me […]
People want Aero in Windows 8?
So, something came across my Twitter feed today that kind of shocked me! Namely, this article that says, apparently, that some users demand that Microsoft bring back the Aero design interface in Windows 8: http://betanews.com/2013/02/04/do-you-want-aero-in-windows-8-fight-for-it/ For the sake of completeness, before I continue this article, let me share the the Wikipedia article on Aero. […]