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Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Question from Kellie: I was messing around with the network settings on my Windows 11 laptop last night.
While I was in there I noticed that my WiFi network is set to “Public” instead of “Private”.
I’ve always heard that public networks are dangerous.
Is that true? And if it is, how can I change it to private? [Read more…]
Question from Luella: My sister bought a new laptop a while back and after using it for a couple of days she decided she hates Windows 11.
She was going to return it and buy a Mac but I told her I would just buy the laptop from her since I had been planning to buy one anyway.
The thing is this laptop shows up on our company network under my sister’s name and I don’t know how to fix it. I know our IT guy could do it but he’s out on vacation and won’t be back until the end of the month.
Would you mind telling me how to change the name on this laptop from my sister’s name to my name? [Read more…]
Question from Tim: I have what is surely an easy question to answer, Rick.
Is it safe to run a laptop without a battery installed?
I’ve heard conflicting answers and I’d really love to have your opinion on the matter.
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Question from Marcel: I accidentally sat on my laptop and broke the screen and who knows what else inside (it doesn’t do anything when I turn it on).
I removed the 1TB hard drive from the damaged laptop and it appears to be ok. Well, at least it doesn’t appear to be bent or broken in any way.
Can I install this hard drive from the laptop in my desktop computer to give me an additional 1TB of storage?
Question from Mira: Hi Rick. You might think I’m not very bright after you hear my question, but I hope not lol.
Anyway, I recently sent Facebook friend requests to several people who are on our old high school reunion list.
One of the guys on that list accepted my friend request last night, but now I can’t find the notification where he accepted it and I can’t remember his name.
And before you ask, I’ve lost the list I got the names from in the first place!
Is there any way to see a list of my most recently added friends? [Read more…]