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Finding Hidden Startup Programs in Windows

The best way to speed up your computer is to prevent programs and services from starting up when Windows starts. The problem, there are many places to find and stop programs from starting up with Windows. The first thing to check is “Startup Apps”. In Windows 10 and 11 hit the “Windows key” and type…

Coffee Shop WiFi, Is It Safe?

A few years back I did a demonstration at KIPCUG on login security, and how I could capture someone’s login credentials using a Firefox plugin called Firesheep. In the demonstration I captured a Facebook users credentials and logged into their account. This was possible at the time because Facebook was not using any encryption in…

PhotoScape X Marks The Spot

PhotoScape X is a free/cheap photo editor that combines the ease Instagram with the power of LightRoom. You can make changes to a photo simply adding a filter for some pop, or you can dive deep and make lots of manual adjustment. In many ways it remind me of Google Photos, but more powerful. The…

Hidden Windows Features

There are a lot of useful features in Windows 10 that you may not know exist like: Secret Start Menu – If you right-click the Windows Start icon in the low right corner of you screen you will see a menu giving you access right-away to many of the tools may want to access. Storage…

5G Is Coming To Your Home

Can 5G cell service replace your home Internet from Spectrum or Comcast? In the last year cable companies have lost customers or at least have not gotten any new customers. This maybe partly due to 5G cell networks. These networks are fast enough to watch 4K HD video. Eventually these networks could give us up…

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

If you’re like me and you like to keep your hands on or near the keyboard, instead of reaching for the mouse every 5 second, you could use a keyboard shortcut. Using shortcuts can make your workflow easier and faster. These shortcuts (also call hotkeys) are specific to Windows 10 and 11. There are many…

Secretly A Zip File

Many of the most popular file types these days are actually a variation of a Zip file. ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. That is a file that contains many more files within it. Microsoft Office files, LibreOffice, Epub, Mindcraft.jar, Adobe Illustrator files, and many other file formats are just…

Tor, Tor Browser and Tails OS

This post will tell you how to browse the web 100% secure and private. Here’s what you need. Tor The Tor Project is a non-profit open-source company started in 2006 to work on the idea of onion routing. Onion routing passes your browsing through multiple encrypted networks would keep a persons browsing completely private and…

How To Spot Scam Email

We’ve all ran across this, an email that comes in that looks legitimate but something about it doesn’t feel right. What do you do with this kind of email? Do you open it to see what it is about. Did your uncle that you didn’t know you had really leave you a million dollars? Does…