Terms for readers

General information, tied to a date

Each guide explains how a kind of software or a setting generally works, as of the date it carries. It is not professional IT, security, legal or business advice, and it knows nothing about your hardware, your operating system version or the contract you signed with a provider. Before changing a security setting, moving a website to another host or paying for a certificate or a subscription, check the current documentation from the company involved. Following any step is your own decision, and backing up anything you care about first is wise.

Lawful use

The guides are written for legal use only. Run emulators with games you own and copied yourself. Use a VPN within the law where you are and within the terms of the services you pay for. Use a disposable email address to keep spam out, never to deceive anyone. Nothing here grants permission to break a license, a platform’s rules or the law.

Names and trademarks

Windows, Android, Steam, iMessage and every other product or company named on the site belong to their owners. A mention describes what a product does and does not endorse it, and none of those companies has reviewed or approved the guides.

Links out

Links to vendor documentation and other outside pages are there for reference. Other people run those pages, which may change or disappear without warning, and these terms do not cover them.

Reusing the text

The guides are the site’s own writing. Quoting a sentence or two is fine if you link to the guide you took it from. Reproducing a guide in full or in large part needs permission, which can be requested by writing in through the contact page.

Errors and revisions

Software changes after a page is written, and mistakes slip through. Reported errors are checked and fixed once confirmed. These terms can be revised at any time, and the text on this page is the version that applies.