There are days when your connection breaks, not because the internet is down, but because your computer is confused. Wrong IP, no IP, stuck on an old network, or just refusing to pick up a new one.

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Awhile back, you answered a DOSBox question for me (Geek Note: IGTM #723, May 30, 2021 and IGTM #779, Jun 26, ...

Buried deep within Windows’ bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows’ soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph ...

You’d think the Command Prompt would be long-gone after 30 years of Windows’ graphical interface, but it’s not, and there’s a good reason why. Though many of its duties have been replaced by icons or ...

When you start up Firefox or Internet Explorer, the last thing you want to see is a plain, white screen declaring ‘The page cannot be displayed’. But if you ever do encounter one, we have the fix.