Here's how to hide the volume display pop-up that appears in the upper left part of the screen on Windows 8.1 and 10.

A volume control pop up started appearing in the upper left part of the screen on one of my monitors this week. After watching it come and go I decided to find out what it was, and if it could be hidden or disabled. Some people may find it useful, others an annoyance. You can adjust the volume using the pop-up, but it can't be moved.

Credit freezes will be free as of tomorrow in the USA. Here's how to freeze your credit at the three largest credit reporting services (plus one smaller one, and another you probably haven't heard of).

This week's wallpaper is a weathered wood and barbed wire fence. It overlooks a large field of grasses that dips down to the feet of a line of hills. Clouds pepper the sky in horizontal formations. This is almost a black and white image, with the fence and foreground grasses black and white against slightly colored hills and sky. There's a black border at the top and bottom of the image, with the photographers website added in small white letters on the bottom right. Depending on your device and resolution, the black borders may not be visible.

There's no shortage of audio converters out there. This one is fast, free, easy to use, converts many audio formats, and will run on Windows and Mac.

This week's wallpaper is an image a layered concrete structure with layered triangular openings narrowing to the light at the top. I have no idea what this is an image of, but it makes a terrific black and white background with a nice balance of light and shadow, shapes, and texture. Icons show up pretty well on most areas of this image.