One of the side effects of changing the US daylight savings time (DST) rules is that your computer systems must be adjusted. Recently, British Columbia changed its rules and, as of yet, Windows hasn’t been adjusted to reflect it. As a workaround, BC residents can select Arizona. It does not participate in DST, so its […]

In a normal world, I would say “absolutely not for workstations” and “absolutely yes for servers.” But should I be rethinking that stance given our chip and hard drive situation? For consumer PCs, the question may be made for you. Some PC vendors do not offer warranties other than the initial year for consumer systems. […]

ISSUE 23.23 • 2026-06-08 WINDOWS By Mary Branscombe It’s easy to build up a long list of old devices, but sometimes it’s the Microsoft Store that’s living in the past. When Windows 8.1 came out, the Windows team put in a tiny Easter egg. Besides being able to download apps from the Windows Store (as […]

HARDWARE By Will Fastie With the NAS now up and running with an accessible storage volume, it’s time to make it useful. What’s useful? As stated in the previous articles, I want the contents of my D: drive out of my daily driver, Obsidian. But I still want all that data to be easily accessible. […]