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Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Monday, December 27, 2021.
• How to Reset your PC’s Windows 11 installation
• Q&A: Why is Safari loading pages so slowly on my iPhone?
• How (and why) to designate a ‘Legacy Contact’ for your Facebook account
• Jana Jae fiddlin’ around with the “Orange Blossom Special”
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Has your Windows 10 PC starting freezing up or acting erratically?
Does a Windows feature that used to work just fine no longer work as it should?
A simple reset of your PC’s Windows installation will often solve an irritating Windows issue that’s difficult to solve any other way. [Read more…]
Question from Charles: I updated my PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a while back.
Ever since then I’ve been getting “User Account Control” warnings several times a month, and I ALWAYS get them when I’m trying to install something new or make a simple settings change.
I can’t seem to do hardly anything at all with getting hit with a warning.
I know that UAC is meant to prevent me from doing something stupid and trashing my system, but I’m an experienced user and I know which types of things I need to avoid.
My question is do you think it would be safe to disable UAC? I really don’t think I need it. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, June 23, 2024
• Tip for protecting your PC from a bad Windows Update
• Important: Run just one full-time antivirus app at a time
• Q&A: Does a laptop need a surge protector?
• Video: Boogie-Woogie on a public piano (by a 9 year old!)
• June’s Tech Tips Giveaway: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC 1500VA/1000W Sinewave UPS System
Question from Kim: I have a 2 year old Windows laptop that appears to be infected with viruses because it acts weird all the time and it runs really slow.
Also, my Norton software keeps finding two viruses that it can’t remove and I don’t know what to do next.
I’ve heard that resetting Windows will remove all the viruses from the system. Is that true or do you think I should just break down and buy a new laptop?
If you think I can just do the reset can you tell me how do to it? [Read more…]