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Question from Carl: I was listening to talk radio the other day and I heard a guy say that the strongest encryption methods in use today are so strong that they will never, ever be broken.
The host didn’t challenge him on that. In fact, he seemed to agree with him. I have my doubts though.
What do you think? Is current encryption technology so good that no one will ever be able to break it?
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Question from Geneva: When my computer had Windows 7 on it I had an analog clock on the desktop.
After I updated to Windows 10 the clock disappeared. Is there any way to get it back?
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Question from Phillip: Hi, Rick. Love your site and your tips.
You provide a much needed service to those of us who use computers but don’t know a lot about them. Kudos for all you do.
Now I guess it’s my turn to ask for help if you don’t mind.
Question from Gloria: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me find a solution to a problem we’re having with my husband’s iPad.
He recently started using Facebook to keep in touch with the grandkids and some of our other family members.
The problem is he’s completely deaf and he can’t hear the notification alerts when someone sends him a message on the iPad.
Is there any way to have it light up with every new notification?
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Question from Carol: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) installed an update a few days ago and after it rebooted the screen was all out of whack.
Everything looks so ugly now. The text is really big and the icons are scattered all over the place.
My monitor is a 23″ Dell S2316M. It’s always worked at its maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 before but the update changed it to 1024 x 768.
The problem is there doesn’t seem to be any way to change it back.
How can I fix this? [Read more…]