Blog Archives

• LangaList: “What will happen if I don’t replace immediately a swollen lithium ion battery?”

  Posted on May 21st, 2020 at 07:40 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Fred has a video to show you what’s at stake.

  New on Langa.com.

  Hardware Fred Langa, LangaList

• Fred Langa: “What’s the cheapest way to network an external hard drive?”

  Posted on February 27th, 2019 at 09:48 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Fred says, “How about $0.00?”

  If that surprises you, check out Fred’s latest column on Langa.com.

  Windows News Fred Langa, LangaList, network hard drive

• LangaList: Should you trust a hard drive after a major error?

  Posted on February 18th, 2019 at 05:32 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Tough question. No easy answers. But there are lots of ways you can diagnose a suddenly disruptive drive.

  Fred Langa with money-saving advice to fix (or accept!) a problem we’ve all encountered.

  Out this  morning in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.6.0. Now available – yes, for free — on AskWoody.

  Other Fred Langa, hard drives, LangaList

• LangaList: Three somewhat unusual, but interesting, reader queries

  Posted on February 11th, 2019 at 05:15 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Fred Langa’s back in the groove. This week he tackles three strange reader questions:

  • Getting rid of unnecessary language files
  • When you plug a smartphone into a PC, they used to act like dumb flash drives. Now they don’t. Why?
  • Is a drive heavier, by a tiny amount when it’s full?

  Fascinating stuff about fentograms and MTP.

  In the new AskWoody Plus Newsletter issue 16.5.0 – out this morning.

  Other Fred Langa, LangaList, smartphones

• Fred Langa: Use Google’s new Password Checker extension for Chrome to see if your passwords have been compromised

  Posted on February 7th, 2019 at 08:04 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Fred’s at it again. His latest Langa.com article talks about a new Chrome extension that specifically checks to see if the password you’re entering has been compromised.

  It’s different from the compromised-email-address checking sites because it looks at passwords.

  Interesting product. I just added Password Checkup to my Chrome box of tools.

  Windows News Fred Langa, LangaList, Password Checkup