IT’S GEEK TO ME: Suspicious browser behavior could indicate it’s been hijacked
Question: Using the Edge browser with no home page specified. It comes up with multiple (pages and pages) of stories to click on. When...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: There are several ways to display photos, video on a...
Question: Is there an easy way to display iPad Air 2 photos/videos on my Sony smart wide screen TV? The TV is a Bravia...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Reader dealing with flood of empty folders
Question: I encountered hundreds (maybe thousands) of empty folders and used 4dots Empty Folder Cleaner to find and nuke them on a safe drive,...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Finding the proper solution for your PC problems
Question: My computer had a problem where it did not know the correct time nor did it know its correct location. It displayed west...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Reader searching for a better way to access Fitbit data
Question: This may not be in your wheelhouse but here goes. I used Fitbit for several years to lose weight. When I went off...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Mac offers native support for iPhone
Question: I’ve been using PCs since using MSDOS commands, and now for many years Windows. I was interested in MAC but the professional software...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: When web pages become unresponsive
Question: I am more often than not getting “Wait or Exit Page” popups especially on Amazon and some other sites. It happens on both...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Just because software doesn’t appear to be running doesn’t mean...
Question: For my Internet travels I primarily use the Firefox or Brave browsers, occasionally Chrome, but I almost never open Edge. However, when I...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: Desktop icons loading slowly after Windows upgrade
Question: I have a laptop HP Envy x360. It’s about 4 years old, I think. It’s been updated to Windows 11. For some reason,...
IT’S GEEK TO ME: One reader catches a mistake while another offers thanks
Geek Note: I received a few e-mails in response to I.G.T.M. #837, August 6, 2023. A couple of them were interesting reading in light...