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Question from Freida: My ex and I are in the middle of a nasty custody battle. We got into an argument on Facebook and he ended up blocking me.
If I deactivate my Facebook account and then reactivate it, will that remove the block so that I can see his posts again? [Read more…]
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Question from Carol: I have a blog and my web host recently installed a free Let’s Encrypt security certificate on it for me.
When I try to access the blog with https: in the URL instead of http: Chrome displays a warning that the site is insecure.
The strange thing is this doesn’t happen on every page, just on some pages (including the Home page). The rest of the pages are marked as secure.
I sent my web host a message a couple of days ago and another one last night asking what the problem could be but so far I haven’t heard back from them.
Do you have any idea what could be causing Chrome to flag my blog as being insecure?
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Question from Mark: This morning I got in a huff and posted a nasty message on my friend’s Facebook Timeline.
A few minutes later I thought better of it and removed it.
I’m absolutely certain that she wasn’t on Facebook when the message was posted and deleted, so I know she never saw it.
Will Facebook notify my friend that I posted a message on her Timeline and then deleted it before she could see it?
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Question from Iris: I bought a new 27″ iMac about 9 months ago.
This is my first Apple computer and I really like it, but a few days ago I started having problems getting it to turn on.
Basically, nothing happens when I press the power button. But if I keep pressing the button over and over it’ll eventually turn on after about 10 – 12 button presses.
Is this something you can help me fix? [Read more…]
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Question from Richard: Hi, Rick. I hope you can answer a question for me.
I have an older Gateway desktop PC running Ubuntu Linux. The hard drive died and I want to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD).
My cousin is offering to sell me an unused 1TB SSD for about half what I’d have to pay for a new one. He bought it a while back but he no longer needs it because the computer he was going to put it in died.
My question is will this drive work in my computer? I’m asking because the old hard drive had a SATA II interface and the SSD I’m thinking about buying is SATA III. [Read more…]