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The Ask Leo! Podcast

Leo A. Notenboom

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9:44

What Is the Clipboard? Where Is the Clipboard?

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2025/06/21

The Windows clipboard is a fundamental and exceptionally useful feature that many take for granted. I'll review what it is and what it's good for.

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5:17

All the “Ishings” Trying to Scam You

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2025/06/20

The concept of phishing has spawned a variety of "ishing" terms. They represent different ways scammers try to achieve a common goal: to scam you. I'll review what they all mean.

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4:02

Why Do You Have Two Different Backup Program...

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2025/06/19

I want to explain why I have more than one recommendation for a backup program. Talking about one doesn't mean I've stopped recommending the other(s).

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7:20

How Do I Remove a BIOS or UEFI Password?

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2025/06/14

A BIOS password provides a surprising amount of security on a computer -- so much that if the password is lost, chances for recovery are slim.

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3:23

Fix Printer Problems with an Uninstall and Reinstall

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2025/06/13

Printer problems can be frustrating. I'll show you a quick, safe, easy technique to try first.

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7:06

How Big a Backup Disk Do I Need?

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2025/06/12

I share my rule of thumb for choosing the size of an external backup drive.

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9:46

Why I Don’t Expect a Windows 10 Apocalypse

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2025/06/11

There's a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) about the supposed risk of using Windows 10 past its end of support. Here's what I think.

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5:47

Size Matters! (When It Comes to Passwords)

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2025/06/09

The results are in for last year's most common passwords. The implications are depressing.

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9:25

How to Copy Text From Images

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2025/06/07

Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes you just want the words! I'll show you how to use Windows built-in Snipping Tool to extract the text from an image using its built-in OCR.

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4:04

Windows 12?

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2025/06/06

Windows 12 isn't even a glimmer in anyone's eye yet. Anyone that says different is misguided and/or misleading.

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8:32

Passkeys and Hardware Keys

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2025/06/06

Passkeys and hardware authentication keys are completely different but partially related. I'll review the relationship.

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18:58

What Is a Passkey?

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2025/06/04

Passkeys are a new form of signing in that promise to be easier and more secure.

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5:09

How Can I Securely Delete Everything Except the...

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2025/06/02

Before giving away a machine or returning a loaner, it's important to remove your personal information from it. That may be both harder and easier than you think.

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12:25

How to Hover Over a Link to Check It’s Not a Scam

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2025/05/30

When it comes to links on webpages and HTML email, what you see is not always where you go. Hovering over a link is an important technique to look before you leap.

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4:58

The Curious History of A:, B:, and Why C: Rules the PC

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2025/05/23

Floppies come and floppies go, but C: is apparently forever.

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6:10

Can You Really Know Your PC Is Clean and Malware-Free?

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2025/05/22

It's common to want confirmation your machine hasn't been compromised in some way. We can get close, but we can't prove it.

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6:16

My (Not So) Favorite Question

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2025/05/17

My favorite question? You'll never guess. Hint: it makes my job super easy, and you don't want that.

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6:52

Can AI Block Spam?

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2025/05/16

Can we apply AI to the problem of spam? We're already there.

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6:48

Passkeys Are Never the Only Way In

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2025/05/15

Losing a device with a passkey to one of your accounts will not lock you out.

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9:51

Start11: Another Start Menu Replacement

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2025/05/14

Want your old Start menu? We can do that. Want to tweak the taskbar in useful ways, including its position? Start11 can do that too.

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