Computer Questions?
  Tech Questions?

Computers are too hard to use.

Too often the promise of unlimited possibility becomes what seems like limitless frustration.

Computers are incredibly powerful devices that open up worlds of possibilities like never before. Add the internet and the opportunity for communication, information exchange and community building is phenomenal - truly amazing, and on a global scale like never before.

I'm Leo Notenboom and I have a deep desire to make computers and technology more accessible to the average person - a desire to replace the frustration that you probably feel too often with the sense of amazement and wonder I feel every day.

That's why Ask Leo! exists.

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I certainly didn't start out as a writer, and I don't have a background in journalism. But what I do have is a boatload of experience with computers, and an understanding of how they work.

I've been involved with computers since I was required to take a programming class back in 1976. It was, for me, love at first sight - I'd found my career and my hobby. I've been writing software and writing about software ever since, including 18 years working on various products as a software engineer or manager of software engineers at Microsoft.

I've also been told I'm fairly good at making the complex magic that computers so often represent to folks more understandable. I'm glad people feel that way - a little understanding can go a long way to make computers and technology not just more useful and more powerful, but even fun.

So, since 2003 I've been here at Ask Leo! answering real questions from real people just like you; helping you use your computer better and more safely, and overcoming computer related problems.

In case you're wondering, unlike other tech help sites on the internet I don't have a staff of writers and I don't outsource article creation. I write every article myself. Ask Leo! article content is 100% me: Leo A. Notenboom.

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If you've got a question, a problem or just wonder about something, start with a search; I've answered a lot of questions since 2003, and there's a good chance you'll find what you're looking for has already been answered.

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You'll find my books on Amazon, soon to be including more editions on Kindle (which you can read without owning a Kindle).

You'll also find books, ebooks, archives and more that I sell directly in my own store.

And of course if you can't find the answer you're looking for you can certainly ask.

Thanks for visiting!

Leo