British Columbia Time Zone Wrong on Windows 11 or 10
Troubleshoot

British Columbia Time Zone Wrong on Windows 11 or 10

When you check your PC’s clock in British Columbia after November 1, 2026, you might see that it’s exactly one hour behind. That’s because B.C. no longer turns its clocks back [...]

By Nyau Wai Hoe, ago
How to Remove a Stripped Screw from a Motherboard or Laptop
Hardware

How to Remove a Stripped Screw from a Motherboard or Laptop

There is a quite common problem when building or upgrading a PC where a small screw, like the one holding the motherboard’s CPU cooler bracket, the M.2 SSD or a part inside a laptop, gets [...]

By Nyau Wai Hoe, ago
Microsoft Edge Loads Pages Squished or Broken Until You Refresh
Browser

Microsoft Edge Loads Pages Squished or Broken Until You Refresh

Say you open YouTube, Wikipedia or a news site in Microsoft Edge, and the page comes up squished into the left side of the window or with the article text missing below its title, but the moment [...]

By Nyau Wai Hoe, ago
Task View Keeps Opening by Itself in Windows 11
Troubleshoot

Task View Keeps Opening by Itself in Windows 11

When you click the taskbar or close a window, you might see Task View suddenly take over the screen in Windows 11, with your windows shrunk to thumbnails and the desktops bar at the bottom, even [...]

By Nyau Wai Hoe, ago
Can't Close the Google Lens Side Panel in Chrome
Browser

Can’t Close the Google Lens Side Panel in Chrome

Google Lens in Chrome opens its results in a side panel next to the page, with a small X at the top that closes it once you’re done. Since a recent Chrome update, though, the top of that [...]

By Nyau Wai Hoe, ago