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How to prevent Facebook from changing your newsfeed from ‘Most Recent’ to ‘Top Stories’

Posted on December 20, 2018

Facebook is a wonderful service that makes it easy to keep in touch with family and friends, but as we all know, using it can be an exercise in frustration at times.

One of the biggest frustrations for many Facebook users is how the newsfeed keeps getting switched from “Most Recent” to “Top Stories”.

Unfortunately, toggling the newsfeed from “Top Stories” to “Most Recent” seems to only work for a little while. Before you know it, you’re back to looking at Facebook’s list of “Top Stories”, whether you want to or not.

But guess what? There’s now an easy way to make your newsfeed stay on “Most Recent”, and after testing it for several days I can tell you that it works like a charm!  [Read more…]

How to give Windows 10 a Windows 7 style Start Menu

Posted on December 19, 2018

Windows-10-logoMicrosoft dramatically changed the Windows user interface when they released Windows 8, and most users (myself included) didn’t like many of the changes.

To their credit, the folks up in Redmond listened to our feedback and made Windows 10 look and feel more like Windows 7.

Most importantly, they brought back the beloved Start Menu.

The Windows 10 Start Menu is still a bit different from the Start Menu in Windows 7, but I actually like it better. That said, we all have different tastes so it’s not a bit surprising that some folks prefer the Start Menu from Windows 7.

Every week I receive at least a couple of emails from folks asking if there’s a way to force Windows 10 to use a Windows 7 style Start Menu.

Well, the answer to that question is yes, thanks to a fantastic free utility called Classic Shell. Just follow the steps below to install it on your PC:  [Read more…]

How to see a list of all the advertisers on Facebook that have your personal information

Posted on December 12, 2018

If you use Facebook you probably already know that thousands of companies advertise their products and services to Facebook’s roughly two billion users.

What you might not know is that dozens, and perhaps even hundreds of those advertisers have your personal information on a contact list.

[Read more…]

100 Million Quora users affected by massive data breach

Posted on December 4, 2018

Do you use the “Question & Answer” site Quora?

If so, you should know that your account might well have been compromised.

Quora has just announced that hackers have gained access to their system and stolen the personal information of up to 100 million users.

The full extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but here’s a list of the types of info that are already known to have been compromised:  [Read more…]

How to replace the hard drive in a laptop

Posted on November 26, 2018

replace-laptop-hdI have written several posts that discuss either replacing a bad laptop hard drive with a new one or upgrading the system with a larger drive or an SSD.

Last night I was answering a reader’s question about a hard drive upgrade when it occurred to me that I’ve never really explained how to physically swap out the drives.

Replacing the hard drive in most laptops is almost as easy as selling popcorn in a movie theater. Just follow the simple steps listed below:  [Read more…]

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