#toni's tech tips

[regalvoid]

Speaking as an IT professional that has to set/reset a lot of passwords. The best secure password you are likely to actually remember is to just fuck up a phrase.

When I was in college my student account password was always a variation of Too Cool For School such as 2K0O!4$cH%l

It doesnt have to be that jumbled right from the jump, maybe just start with a $ for an S and a 1 for a L. Then every time you have to change it just fuck up one more character. It makes it easier to remember and more secure, especially since it kinda defeats the purpose if you just have it written down somewhere.

In Tumblr terms: Come up with your own Typing Quirk and stick to it for lVl4X1lVlμlVl S3CμR1Ty >; ]

[regalvoid]

As a commercial computer technician let me give you a tip that could save you some money:

1. If you have an computer issue, google it. Literally just google it, that is like 50% of my job. You probably won’t find what you’re looking for in the first result you click but if you take a few minutes to search through a few a solution or potential solution can be found.

If one of those sources say that you have to do something you don’t know how to do to resolve your issue, google it. Seriously, google is your best friend when it comes to this stuff.

If you can’t find a fix or its too complicated for you to do then take it to a repair shop. People bring shit in to my shop all the time that I can fix in like two seconds after I spend five minutes on google.