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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The device setup country in Windows 11 is the region you picked when you first turned on and set up your PC. Windows tracks this location with a GeoID (a…
Touchpad haptic click intensity controls how strong or soft the vibration feels when you press down on your laptop touchpad. Precision Touchpads in modern laptops use tiny motors to mimic…
Touchpad click sensitivity on a Microsoft Surface controls how much pressure or contact your trackpad needs before it registers a click. Windows 11 lets you adjust this across up to…
An AI-generated watermark in the Windows 11 Photos app is a small tag that appears on images you edit with the app’s built-in artificial intelligence tools, such as background blur.…
The AI-generated watermark in Paint is a small marker added to pictures you create with artificial intelligence features in Windows 11 version 23H2 and later. It appears automatically on images…
Mobile device notification previews on hover in the Start menu on Windows 11 let you view phone alerts, battery percentage, and text messages directly from your desktop. This built-in feature…
The Compatibility tab in a file’s Properties window lets you run older software built for earlier versions of Windows, such as Windows 7. It offers a compatibility mode, reduced colour…
The All apps view in Windows 11 lists every program installed on your PC. By default it may show apps in categories or a grid. Switching to a vertical list…
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a built-in troubleshooting toolkit that helps fix startup problems. It acts like your PC’s emergency repair kit. It gives you advanced options such as Startup…
MBR (Master Boot Record) and GPT (GUID Partition Table) are the two ways Windows can lay out partitions on a disk. Switching a drive from one to the other fixes…
Open Microsoft Edge at startup controls whether the default web browser launches by itself when you sign in to Windows 11. Turning it off stops the browser from opening on…
Resetting the pinned items on the Windows 11 taskbar removes every app shortcut you added and gives you a fresh start. This fix uses the Registry Editor, a built-in Windows…
Notification sounds in Windows 11 play an audio alert whenever an app or the system needs your attention. These default chimes can quickly become annoying if you get too many…
CPU virtualization in your PC’s UEFI BIOS is a motherboard setting that lets your processor run virtual machines, Android emulators, and tools like Windows Subsystem for Linux. Intel processors call…
The status bar in Windows 11 File Explorer is the thin strip at the bottom of every window. It shows the number of items in the current folder. When you…
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