Tech Writer, IT Professional
Richard is a writer at Geek Rewind who turns complex IT tasks into clear, step-by-step guides. He draws on years of hands-on experience in system administration and enterprise IT operations, focusing on Windows, Linux and WordPress: the problems people actually run into, and the fixes that work. His server and WordPress guides come from systems he runs himself. Richard builds and maintains the platform behind Geek Rewind, from its Ubuntu servers and Nginx configuration to its custom WordPress plugins. Many new tutorials start with readers' questions, and he's always glad to answer them in the comments.
Writes about: Windows 11, Ubuntu Linux, CMS, Apps and Browsers
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Restricting app access to account information in Windows 11 stops apps from seeing your name, picture, and other profile details. This privacy setting controls which programs can read your account…
Windows 11 lets you change or turn off the sounds individual programs make when they send an alert. Most of this lives in the Settings app under Settings › System…
Automatic app restart in Windows 11 reopens your open programs after you sign back in or restart your PC. Windows saves your session state and relaunches those apps, so you…
Manual date and time synchronization servers in Windows 11 let you point your PC at a specific internet time source so your clock stays accurate. Windows uses the Windows Time…
Inking and Typing Personalization in Windows 11 builds a custom dictionary on your hard drive. It learns your writing style, spelling habits and favorite words. The setting lives at Settings…
Windows 11 shows suggestions and offers in several places: the Settings app, the Start menu, the lock screen, notifications, and the search panel. They recommend apps, websites, and features based…
Using your phone as a webcam gives you a sharper, brighter video feed for Zoom, Teams and other video calls without buying a separate camera. Windows 11 has a built-in…
A Windows Security virus scan hangs when the built-in antivirus stops moving forward while it checks files. The progress bar sits at the same spot, or the file count never…
Live Captions in Windows 11 turns spoken audio on your PC into text on the screen. It runs on your own hardware, so the audio is processed on the device…
Windows 11 keeps a record of every speaker, headphone set and microphone you have ever plugged in. Over time the audio list fills with old devices that are no longer…
Hiding or showing unplugged sound devices in Windows 11 controls whether your audio list includes speakers, microphones and headphones that are not connected right now. The Settings toggle for this…
Advanced crash dump logging in Windows 11 is a diagnostic setting that controls how much information Windows saves when the PC crashes with a blue screen. The saved file, called…
Core Isolation is a built-in Windows security feature that creates a safe, virtual memory zone to protect core system processes from harmful software. Inside it, a setting called Memory integrity…
Hiding or showing disabled sound devices in Windows 11 controls whether turned-off microphones and speakers appear in your audio lists. In Settings, the option sits on the Settings › Sound…
Speech recognition microphone gain in Windows 11 controls how loud your voice sounds to dictation and voice typing. Gain is the amount Windows amplifies the microphone signal before it tries…
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