Self-tutoring about Windows 11: the tutor mentions something that occasionally demands attention. The following is according to my understanding. Occasionally, when I am in an online meeting, a panel opens out from the left side of the screen, covering maybe …
Self-tutoring about data storage: the tutor opens a discussion about flash drive capacity. The following is according to my understanding. I recall floppy disks. As I recall, one could hold around 1MB of data. When I was a kid (meaning …
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Self-tutoring about one’s PC: the tutor mentions something he noticed. The following is according to my understanding. This morning I was comparing the system information of two computers we bought back in August 2022. (Why I was comparing them, well, …
Self-tutoring about Windows: the tutor weighs in on a question he’s long wondered. I mentioned in my post from September 4 that I recently reset Windows on this computer. I continue to be very happy with the result. I backed …
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Self-tutoring about Windows 11: the tutor mentions a reset. This PC I’ve had just over three years now. It’s seen a lot of use: I did an Ed degree and finished a Comp Sci degree from it. Yet, it’s never …
Self-tutoring about file systems: the tutor mentions differences among exFAT, NTFS, and FAT32. I was backing up files from hard drive to usb drive when I ran into a problem: a file was over 4GB, so the usb drive couldn’t …
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Self-tutoring about (Windows) File Explorer: the tutor mentions searching by date. Let’s imagine, in File Explorer, one is searching a directory with a lot of files that go back many years – the Downloads file, for instance. One might wonder, …
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Self-tutoring about email: the tutor mentions a solution he found. Like (one might assume) many people, I have numerous email accounts that use numerous email clients. About a year ago, one started not being able to find certain emails in …
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions something he learned from a virus scan. Every so often, I do a full system scan of a PC. Today I did so, on a computer I use a lot. The scan …
Self-tutoring about home computing: the tutor mentions a comparison between Windows and Linux. In my experience as a programmer, Linux is my favourite os. Pretty much anything one needs is available with apt install (or other similar terminal command), usually …