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Q&A: How can I make the mouse pointer bigger in Windows?

Posted on May 28, 2021

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Note: This post was originally written in regards to Windows 10 but it applies to Windows 11 as well.

Question from Eleanor: My eyesight isn’t what it used to be Rick, and now that I have a new computer with Windows 10 I sometimes have trouble seeing the mouse pointer.

Years ago my daughter helped me increase the size of the mouse pointer on my old Windows 7 PC, but she’s no longer here to help me do it for Windows 10.

Can you tell me how to do it?

Thanks in advance for your help! [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is one of my PC’s RAM sticks running faster than the other one?

Posted on May 26, 2021

Question from Calvin: I have two 8GB DDR4 RAM sticks in my computer. They are identical to one another in every way (I bought them a while back as a 16GB kit).

When I log into the BIOS it says one stick is running at 2400Mhz and the other one is running at 2133Mhz.

I’ve always heard that all the RAM sticks in a PC should operate at the same speed or your system might crash.

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Q&A: Can you manually check for updates on a Chromebook?

Posted on May 21, 2021

Question from Tina: I just recently bought my first Chromebook and I wish I had bought one sooner. It’s great!

I hope you can answer a question for me.

I sometimes get a notification saying there are updates waiting to be installed so I restart the laptop to install the updates.

Back when I was using Windows computers I would always check to see if there were any new updates available first thing every morning.

Is it possible to do that on a Chromebook? [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it possible to build my own Mac from scratch?

Posted on May 20, 2021

Question from Chris B: I’d really like to have a Mac, but since I can’t afford one I’d like to build a computer and install Mac OS on it.

I know people build their own Windows PCs from scratch all the time.

Can you tell me how to build my own Mac? I have $500 that I can spend on it. Thanks.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]