On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

A few minutes now can save you from getting locked out of your PC later—and losing access to all your cloud files.

We always recommend adding a string of special characters or numbers to the end of a password you can remember and shoot for at least 15 characters. But typing that long password in every time you ...