IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension.

To activate them or confirm that they’re active, open the Windows Security app from your Start menu. Click “Device security” and then “Core isolation details.” (This is available on both Windows 10 ...

Microsoft is about to end blue screen of death errors forever — by getting rid of the traditional blue screen. Instead, if your system encounters an unexpected failure and needs to restart, you’ll see ...

Since Windows 11 24H2, Device Encryption automatically turns on when you clean install and sign in with a Microsoft account. This only affects fresh installs or new PCs with 24H2 preinstalled—not ...

To enable Windows Hello, head to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options and choose Facial recognition (Windows Hello) or Fingerprint recognition, depending on your hardware. From there, follow the ...

At it simplest, encryption means masking what you write, save, or transmit. Like codes of other kinds, encryption uses a special key. This means that without the key, data looks like gibberish. But ...

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

Fix BitLocker error E_FVE_TPM_NOT_DETECTED, The booting system doesn't have or doesn't detect a TPM in Windows 11/10.

As of Aug. 1, Microsoft will be deleting passwords from its Authenticator app. This means that passwords stored there will no ...

The latest data breach amounts to 16 billion credentials leaked. Password hygiene becomes paramount, and Bitwarden can help ...

Passwords and saved addresses that were in the Authenticator app have not been deleted; rather, they've been moved to ...