Battle Born Tech

Christy Ramsey

Got a tech question? So does your neighbor. Battle Born Tech is a call-in radio show from KNVC FM 95.1 community radio, hosted by Christy — brought to the podcast world so you never miss an episode. Real calls, real answers, and then Christy and Joe dig in with follow-up context, tech news, and tools worth knowing about. Thirty minutes. Zero ads. All community.

  1. 5d ago

    Get Me Out of This Menu Maze!

    Get Me Out of This Menu Maze! | Battle Born Tech · November 3, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Suzy’s brand-new camera recorder wants a password she never set. Brian has waited five years for Windows to let go of his taskbar. And Linux Lee’s new laptop took a dive off the desk and woke up asking questions he wasn’t sure he should answer. Three callers, one maze of menus. Which way is out? Plus: hackers turn supermarket freezers into ovens, a few corrections we owe you, and why the update you keep putting off matters more than it looks. Call us Saturdays 9 to 11 AM or Sundays 7 to 9 PM Pacific at 775-241-3571, and hear the show Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on KNVC 95.1 FM in Carson City and at KNVC.org. AI-assisted: Christy Ramsey drafted this description with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence; all content was reviewed and verified by him, and responsibility for its preparation is his alone. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and Show Open(00:01:14) - Corrections: Spyware Story Follow-up(00:02:19) - Checking Drive Encryption Before Selling/Using Laptops(00:03:44) - Susie's Call: NVR Admin Password Issues(00:08:46) - Security Device Checklist Recap(00:09:36) - AI Agents and IoT Security Humor(00:10:10) - Brian's Call: Taskbar Position Update(00:12:54) - Windows Update Lifecycle and Old Apple Devices(00:14:10) - Lee's Call: Laptop Power Supply and Crash(00:18:38) - Troubleshooting Options: Restore Point and Safe Mode(00:23:21) - Labeling Power Supplies Tip(00:24:58) - Wrap-up on Troubleshooting Shortcuts(00:25:48) - Show Closing and Credits

  2. Oct 27

    Unsupervised Gadgets Will Be Refurbished

    Unsupervised Gadgets Will Be Refurbished | Battle Born Tech · October 27, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, A laptop that comes with someone else’s life still on it. A whole new operating system you can take for a test drive without touching anything on your computer. A speaker at the office that will happily buy things for anyone who asks, and a parrot who proved it. And an ad that can break into a phone without a single tap. Unsupervised gadgets go awry. Get them rehabilitated. Press play. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM and Sundays 7–9 PM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and Nevada Day Parade(00:01:29) - Onion Voting Simulator 3D(00:03:37) - Brian's Call: Keeping a Laptop Theme While Wiping Data(00:07:51) - Updating Windows Store Apps and Wiping Old Tech(00:08:41) - Night Photography Tips with Your Phone(00:10:58) - Chris's Call: Why Switch to Linux(00:18:07) - Drive-by Malware via Google Ads(00:20:33) - Teresa's Call: Alexa Security at the Office(00:24:45) - Wrap-up on Smart Speaker Security(00:25:58) - Show Credits and Sign-off

  3. Oct 21

    Tales from the Encrypt

    Tales from the Encrypt | Battle Born Tech · October 20, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Your new Windows 11 PC is encrypting its own hard drive right now, and if you don’t know where the recovery key is, a bad day could become a lost-everything day. Tim asks whether to turn BitLocker off before he even unboxes his new mini PC. Christy says probably, explains the real performance cost, and points to the exact setting. Then: Hallie’s WordPress site died with a “critical error” the same weekend a stolen set of UpdraftCentral keys let attackers install backdoor plugins on sites around the world; Christy walks through recovery mode and what to check after. Helen wants a written procedure for a departed employee’s email, and gets four steps in order: lock the login, forward it, set an auto-reply, archive it. And Ken (Digital Dorsey on YouTube) calls from Ohio to vouch for Christy’s 50 years of battling tech, starting with an Ohio Scientific Challenger 2P and a cassette port that ate every program they typed in. Also on the show: ArtCraft, a free open-source alpha that is cloning Adobe and Microsoft Office apps one at a time. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and Adobe Open Source Clones(00:02:38) - Ken's Call: Ohio Scientific Vintage Computer Memories(00:09:14) - Wrap-up on Ohio Scientific History(00:10:05) - Hallie's WordPress Critical Error Issue(00:12:43) - Tim's Call: BitLocker Encryption Advice(00:17:33) - BitLocker Recap and Tips(00:18:49) - Helen's Call: Managing Departed Employee Emails(00:25:15) - Email Offboarding Recap and Compliance Notes(00:25:58) - Show Outro and Credits

  4. Oct 14

    Ready, Set, STOP

    Ready, Set, Stop | Battle Born Tech · October 13, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech: Steve has a 15-year-old laptop still works. Steve wasn’t going to throw it away. The question was which Linux would still talk to it, and why one installer built him a house while the other only moved the furniture. Teresa's sound bar lit up. It just wouldn’t make a sound. The problem wasn’t the sound bar. Every program on Josh’s computer remembers “don’t print on both sides.” Except the one that prints his checks. The fix was not where he’d been looking. News: Windows 10 gets another year, data centers become war targets, and French supermarkets learn what happens when the freezer takes orders from the internet. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM and Sundays 7-9 PM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and show setup(00:01:36) - Windows 10 end of support and ESU update(00:02:36) - Steve's call: Linux on old 32-bit laptop(00:10:32) - Puppy Linux installer and GParted explainer(00:11:28) - Windows ESU enrollment instructions(00:12:29) - Teresa's call: USB sound bar no sound(00:16:25) - Sound troubleshooting wrap-up(00:17:15) - Ukraine-Russia cyberwar and bot traffic(00:18:33) - Josh's call: printer duplex settings flipping checks(00:24:58) - French refrigerator hacking incident(00:26:08) - Show closing and credits

  5. Oct 7

    Another License? You've Got to Be Kidding Me!

    Another License? You've Got to Be Kidding Me!| Battle Born Tech · October 6, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Rebecca just wanted the hymn words on the screen to match the hymnal. Then she learned there's a license for the words, another for Zoom, and another for movie clips. Jay, a retired engineer, tells how his company left Microsoft for Linux and watched its trouble calls fall. And Christy and Joe sort out drivers: when to leave them alone, where to get them when you can't, and why there are two programs named Snappy. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · Show notes at battleborn.tech · links at bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM or Sundays 7-9 PM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and Show Welcome(00:01:32) - Tech News: Domino's Breach and Google Bug Bounty Pause(00:03:02) - Caller Jay: Switching a Company to Linux(00:08:07) - Linux Reflections and Backup Advice(00:09:01) - Driver Installation Dos and Don'ts(00:10:24) - Snappy Driver Installer Origin Recommendation(00:12:29) - Caller Rebecca: Church Hymn Copyright Questions(00:14:43) - CCLI Licensing Explained(00:20:05) - Zoom Streaming and Movie Clip Licensing(00:21:28) - Fair Use and Licensing Wrap-up(00:24:04) - Copyright Clearance Resources (Harry Fox, Songfile)(00:25:10) - Show Wrap-up and Credits

  6. Sep 30

    It's All Plugged In. Why Won't It Work?

    It's All Plugged In Why Won't It Work?| Battle Born Tech · September 29, 2026 Stephen's office got a new modem, and suddenly his laptop couldn't reach the printer down the hall. Rachel had a class coming back from recess and a projector showing nothing but blue. Jay's church laptop kept listing his thumb drive twice. Christy and Joe follow the wire one box at a time, and find the equipment was fine all along. The settings just needed a nudge. Along the way we cover: when a router is worth replacing, and why a 12-year-old modem earns a plaque why a cable beats Wi-Fi for video calls the Windows key + P shortcut every teacher should know where Windows sends your sound why File Explorer lists a removable drive twice on purpose corrections from last week a new phone app that alerts you when camera glasses are nearby AI-assisted: J. Christy Ramsey prepared this description with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence. All content was reviewed and verified by him, and responsibility for its preparation is his alone. Battle Born Tech is a service mark of Christy Ramsey and airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and Show Open(00:01:15) - Corrections from Last Week's Show(00:03:18) - Steven's Call: Routers, Modems, and Ethernet Issues(00:08:29) - When to Replace Aging Network Equipment(00:12:32) - WI-Fi vs Wired Connections Discussion(00:14:37) - Router Recap and Wrap-up(00:16:01) - Rachel's Call: Classroom Projector Troubleshooting(00:20:34) - Audio Output Settings Tip(00:21:40) - Jay's Call: Duplicate Drives in File Explorer(00:25:41) - Closing Remarks and Credits

  7. Sep 23

    Email Ain't Working, Money for Nothing, and PDFs Are Free

    Email Ain't Working, Money for Nothing, and PDFs Are Free | Battle Born Tech · September 22, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, who's paying for all those data centers, and could the answer show up on your power bill? Lee asks the question Wall Street can't stop asking, and Nevadans have a way to speak up. Brian brings a laptop that went swimming, and a famous kitchen remedy gets put to the test. Kathryn's email keeps asking whether she's a robot, and the reason is hiding in plain sight. Plus, Publisher users: the clock is running. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM and Sunday 7 -9 PM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and show disclaimer(00:01:24) - Microsoft Publisher discontinuation(00:01:54) - Caller Lee: data center funding and AI economics(00:04:50) - Nevada data center power survey(00:07:15) - AI as theft of labor and hacking dangers(00:08:33) - Caller Brian: laptop water damage(00:11:34) - Rice myth and drying methods tested(00:13:48) - Laptop recovery advice and data decryption priority(00:17:22) - Caller Katherine: Gmail login and browser fingerprinting(00:25:24) - Privacy vs convenience tradeoffs explained(00:26:11) - Show closing and credits

  8. Sep 16

    We Are all Bouncers Now

    We Are All Bouncers Now | Battle Born Tech · September 15, 2026 Email that should be rejected, Encryption that shouldn't be, and a photo show that needs to survive the meeting. This week on Battle Born Tech, A pastor opens an email from his own music director asking for another copy of the church mailing list. The name is right. The address underneath it is not. What stopped it was a staff member who happened to be standing there and asked four words. Craig calls in from southern Nevada with a spear phishing attempt aimed at his entire staff, and we get into how the attacker built it, why the polite reflex to be helpful is the whole attack, and what to do when someone insists they cannot talk right now. Stevan bought a brand new computer for work and it will not turn BitLocker on, which is the opposite of the call we usually get. And Pat has to make her bosses' photos run in a loop at tomorrow's meeting, using photos that do not exist yet. We look at obvious tools in Windows but pick the unlikely but simple one that will last curious browsers and stray users. Definitions, corrections, and every link we mentioned are at battleborn.tech. Battle Born Tech airs Tuesdays at 8 PM Pacific on FM 95.1 · Stream live at KNVC.org · battleborn.tech · bbtl.ink/stats · Call the studio Saturdays 9–11 AM and Sundays 6-8 PM Pacific: 775-241-3571 Chapters (00:00:06) - Intro and show disclaimers(00:01:42) - Follow-up on Google Maps alternatives(00:02:10) - News on vulnerabilities and AI scanning(00:02:34) - Stephen's call: BitLocker BCD boot error(00:04:57) - Fixing BitLocker: reinstall Windows or edit BCD(00:10:40) - Wrap-up on BitLocker troubleshooting(00:11:48) - Pat's call: looping photo slideshow for meeting(00:14:12) - Screensaver slideshow setup walkthrough(00:17:10) - Windows Explorer slideshow alternative(00:18:11) - Craig's call: phishing attempt for church mailing list(00:22:32) - Discussion on spear phishing and safe mailing practices(00:25:32) - Final thoughts on spear phishing and AI scams(00:26:24) - Show closing credits and sign-off

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Got a tech question? So does your neighbor. Battle Born Tech is a call-in radio show from KNVC FM 95.1 community radio, hosted by Christy — brought to the podcast world so you never miss an episode. Real calls, real answers, and then Christy and Joe dig in with follow-up context, tech news, and tools worth knowing about. Thirty minutes. Zero ads. All community.

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  • Creator
    Christy Ramsey
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Battle Born Tech
  • Show Website
    Battle Born Tech