BOOKS

Kevin’s Practical Guide to Using Windows 11

This book is the culmination of more than 20 years spent helping everyday people with their computers. It reflects the same process I’ve used to set up and optimize Windows for myself, my family, and countless customers throughout the Windows 10 and Windows 11 eras, and even dating back to Windows XP.

Over the years, one of the most common things I heard after finishing a job was, “I wish I could buy a manual that explained everything you just did, and in the way you explained it.” This book is my answer to that request.

Rather than covering every feature Microsoft has ever included in Windows, this guide focuses on the practical improvements that make the biggest difference in day-to-day use. You’ll learn how to remove unnecessary clutter, reduce distractions, simplify your setup, choose useful software, and create a cleaner, more enjoyable Windows experience.

Every recommendation comes from real-world experience working directly with regular users. These are the same techniques and settings I have relied on for years, because they consistently make computers easier to use.

In many ways, this book is also my career memoir. It captures the lessons, insights, and hard-earned knowledge I have gathered while helping people navigate their technology over two decades. Some of that knowledge could only ever be shared during a service call; this book allowed me to finally bring it all together in one place.

Looking back on more than two decades of service calls, support sessions, and conversations with customers, this book captures the lessons that proved most valuable time and time again. It is both a practical guide and a record of the work I have been privileged to do throughout my career.

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Kevin’s Must Have Apps

Whether you’re setting up a new PC, cleaning up an old one, improving your privacy, organizing your workflow, or simply looking for software that respects your time, this book offers practical recommendations from someone who has spent decades helping real people solve computer problems, and find the best apps for what they want to do.

If You Only Knew: Losing My Dad to Multiple System Atrophy: A Tale of Grief and Gratitude

Written as both testimony and reflection, this book preserves the reality of one family’s experience while offering comfort, recognition, and hard-won insight to anyone facing the life-altering illness of someone they love.