Category: Windows 11

What happens when When Your Computer Won’t Stop Connecting to the Wrong Network My apartment building has terrible WiFi. The network barely reaches my unit. But my computer remembers it because I connected once months ago. Every time I turn on my laptop, it automatically tries connecting to that terrible network first before I can …

Forgetting WiFi Networks in Windows 11: Why You’d Want to and 5 Different Ways to Do ItRead More

I designed a logo on my computer. Spent hours getting the colors exactly correct. Deep blue background, vibrant orange text. It looked perfect on my monitor. I sent the design to a client. They immediately complained that the colors were completely different than what we’d agreed on. The blue looked purple-like. The orange looked more …

ICC Color Profiles: Why Your Colors Look Different On Every Screen and How to Fix ItRead More

When Your Screenshots Folder Became a Mess I use Windows + Print Screen constantly. Screenshots of error messages, funny internet moments, things I want to remember. But after months, my Screenshots folder had accumulated over 800 images. Thousands of files scattered across the default Pictures > Screenshots location. The problem was that this default location …

Changing Windows 11 Screenshot Folder Location: Move Your Screenshots to a Better PlaceRead More

If you spend most of your workday inside a web browser like I do, you probably know how quickly tabs can get out of control. One moment you’re researching a topic, the next you have forty open tabs, three different projects mixed together, and no idea where that important website disappeared. For years, I tried …

How I Organize My Browser Using Microsoft Edge Workspaces, Tabs & Collections (Complete Productivity Guide)Read More

I was working on a document. Hours of work. Detailed information I’d spent all day researching and organizing. I saved it. Closed it. Everything seemed fine. Then my hard drive made a clicking sound. That terrible mechanical clicking sound that computer people dread. My heart sank. I restarted my computer. The drive wouldn’t even initialize. …

Windows 11 File History: The Easiest Backup Solution You’re Probably Not UsingRead More

When Your Search Feature Became Completely Useless I needed to find a file on my computer. Simple task. I pressed Windows Key + S to open search. The search panel opened, but it was completely blank. White screen. Nothing loading. I waited 30 seconds. Still blank. A minute passed. Finally, text and icons appeared and …

Windows 11 Search Panel Stuck on White Screen: Why Updates Broke Your Search and How to Actually Fix ItRead More

I was doing my monthly system maintenance—checking updates, clearing cache, that sort of thing. I opened Windows Security to verify everything was up to date and noticed something unsettling: the Virus & threat protection section showed a red warning icon saying my virus definitions were outdated. Not just slightly outdated. Significantly outdated. Days behind current …

Windows Security App Won’t Update: Why Your Antivirus Might Be Outdated and How to Force UpdatesRead More

I was troubleshooting a startup problem. Something was launching automatically that I didn’t want launching. I needed to access Windows Services to disable it. Simple enough. Services app should be straightforward to open and modify. Except it wouldn’t open. I right-clicked Start, searched for “Services,” and clicked it. The window appeared for a second, then …

Windows Services App Won’t Open: Why You Can’t Access Services and How to Fix ItRead More

When Your ZIP File Refuses to Cooperate! I downloaded a software package that came compressed in a ZIP file. Should be simple, right? Windows natively supports ZIP files. Just extract and I’m done. Except when I double-clicked the ZIP file, nothing happened. Literally nothing. No extraction window appeared. No progress bar. No confirmation dialog. Just… …

Unzipping Files in Windows 11: Why Your ZIP Files Won’t Extract and How to Actually Get Your Files OutRead More