Posey's Tips & Tricks


My Two Favorite Features in the New Outlook

Pinning and snoozing emails might not sound revolutionary, but they have been very appreciated in my life.

How To Fix Problems with Cached Credentials in Windows 11

While the fix might not be obvious, it should only take a few minutes to get back up and running.

Making the New Copilot Key More Useful

Here's how to unlock more options for Microsoft's latest keyboard addition.

Real-World Ransomware Recovery

Here's how I was (mostly) successful in recovering a family PC infected with malware.

Using Microsoft Office to Build a Network Diagram 2

Now that we've set up our process, let's dig in with the actual execution.

Using Microsoft Office to Build a Network Diagram, Part 1

Keeping documentation is a great way to ease your future hardware refresh and have what you need for insurance purposes.

Network Documentation -- What's Really Important?

Network Documentation -- What's Really Important?

What Happens When Hyper-V Runs Out of Disk Space?

It can happen. Here's a couple of options when you've hit the ceiling.

Planning for an Unusually Difficult PC Backup

Old PC with more than a decade of never-backed-up data on it? No problem.

Using Hyper-V Replication to Recover from a Data Loss Event

Things sometimes go sideways. Thankfully, Microsoft's Hyper-V Replication feature can get you back up and running.

Windows 11 Configuration Checklist, Part 2: Fine Tuning

I'm back with another batch of configuration tweaks you may want to make after refreshing your Windows 11 deployment.

Microsoft Adds a Copilot Key to the Keyboard

Let's take a look at what this means by peering back at Microsoft's history with the keyboard.

Windows 11 Configuration Checklist, Part 1: Personalization

From cutting the bloat to setting your preferred Start menu items, here are some of the basics everyone should run through after installing a clean version of Windows.

How To Make Copilot Available in the Office Applications

What should be automatic might take a few different steps to (maybe) get working. Why, Microsoft?

PC Hardware Refresh: Not as Easy As Expected

It may take some extra considerations to swap hardware in custom setups. Here's some issues I recently ran into.

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