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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Your desktop background keeps changing in Windows 11 when Windows spotlight or a Slideshow is switched on under Settings › Personalization › Background. Set Personalize your background to Picture and…
The “Windows Hypervisor Platform is not enabled” error appears when an app that needs hardware virtualization starts on a PC where that support is switched off. Such apps include Android…
A symbol’s meaning on Windows 11 starts with its Unicode name (the international standard that gives every character a code and a name), which Character Map shows when you select…
Event Viewer records Windows Update activity in one log: Applications and Services Logs › Microsoft › Windows › WindowsUpdateClient › Operational. Open Event Viewer (the built-in tool that stores system…
To turn on per-user web folders in Apache2 on Ubuntu, run sudo a2enmod userdir, restart Apache, then put your files in a public_html folder inside your home directory. After that,…
To change the currency symbol in Windows 11, you edit the Currency tab in the Region window. The symbol is the $, €, or £ that appears next to amounts…
Copilot’s language comes from Windows, so you change it outside the Copilot app. In most cases Copilot takes its interface language from your Windows display language (the language Windows uses…
The GPU refresh hotkey in Windows 11 is Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B, and it restarts your graphics driver without restarting the PC. If you searched “how do…
Search box settings in Windows 11 control how the search box appears on the taskbar and which places it searches when you type. To change them, open Settings › Personalization…
Themes in Windows 11 change your desktop background, accent color, sounds and mouse cursor in one click. The quickest way to get new ones is Settings › Personalization › Themes,…
Reset this PC in Windows 11 includes a Remove everything option that deletes your personal files, apps and settings, then reinstalls Windows. To remove everything, open Settings › System ›…
Turning off Mobile devices in Windows 11 cuts the link between your PC and your phone. Phone Link (Microsoft’s app for connecting a phone to a PC) stops showing your…
To reset Windows and keep my files, open Settings › System › Recovery, select Reset PC next to Reset this PC, and choose Keep my files. Reset this PC is…
To turn on HTTPS in Apache2 on an Ubuntu server, enable the ssl module, point the default-ssl site at a certificate and key, enable that site, and restart Apache. You…
To host several websites on one Ubuntu 26.04 server, create one Apache2 configuration file per site in /etc/apache2/sites-available/, then enable each one with a2ensite and reload Apache. This guide assumes…
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