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Philip Celasco
Philip is a Texas-based technology writer and IT administrator at Techdows.com with more than 10 years of experience creating practical content for everyday users and professionals.
He specializes in web browsers, particularly Chromium-based platforms such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera. Through his work as an IT administrator, Philip has hands-on experience managing devices, configuring browser policies, troubleshooting software and network issues, and helping people resolve problems that affect productivity and security.
His articles are based on practical testing and real-world technical experience. He covers browser settings, extensions, performance problems, privacy controls, security features, and Windows troubleshooting.
Outside work, Philip enjoys the quieter side of life in Texas and stepping away from the screen when he can. He has two kids, two cats and loves to play golf with his mother during the weekends.
Internet Options is not inside Microsoft Edge. Open it with control inetcpl.cpl, and find Edge’s own privacy, proxy and IE mode settings at edge://settings.
Check what graphics card you have in Windows 11 or 10 with Task Manager’s GPU pane. Plus Mac, Linux, Chromebook and phone checks, VRAM, and GPU not showing fixes.
Track changes in PowerPoint without a Track Changes button: use revision highlighting, comments, Compare and Version History. Steps, requirements and fixes.
Use BCC in Outlook with Options > Show fields > Show Bcc, or Options > Bcc in classic Outlook. What recipients see, reply-all risks and Microsoft’s limits.
Figma download for Windows 11, 10 and Mac: get the official desktop app from figma.com, pick the right build, see what the free Starter plan covers, and install it.
Enable or disable the pop-up blocker in Microsoft Edge under Site permissions > Pop-ups and redirects, allow one site, and set it on Android and iPhone.
Getting started with WinDbg on Windows 10: install it with winget or Microsoft Store, set the symbol path, open a crash dump and read !analyze -v output.
Run memory diagnostics on Windows 10 and 11 with mdsched: restart into the test, switch to Extended with F1, and read MemoryDiagnostics-Results in Event Viewer.
Enable or disable extensions in Microsoft Edge from Manage extensions: use the toggle, block them on one site, allow InPrivate, remove add-ons and fix locked ones.
Run PowerShell as administrator on Windows 11 and 10 from Start, Terminal (Admin), File Explorer or the Run box, then check the window is really elevated.