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Q&A: How can I connect my PC directly to a modem that’s in another room?

Posted on January 17, 2025

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Question from David: Hi, Rick. I hope you can give me some advice about a networking issue.

My cable modem is located in my living room but my computer is in the bedroom. I’d like your recommendation on the best way to connect them.

I have decided that I’d rather not use Wi-Fi, so is there any way to connect my computer to the modem without using a router? [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I transfer photos from a dead laptop to a new one?

Posted on January 5, 2025

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Question from Barbara: Rick, my two year old laptop wouldn’t come on the other day so I took it to the Geek Squad to have it checked out.

Long story short, they said the motherboard was bad and that it wasn’t worth fixing, so I bought a new laptop.

The problem is I have literally thousands of photos on the dead laptop’s hard drive that I desperately want to get off of it and onto my new Laptop. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I stop my Taskbar from disappearing?

Posted on December 26, 2024

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Question from Malinda: I have an almost new Acer laptop with Windows 11 on it.

It was working fine until I turned it on yesterday morning, but now I can’t see the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen unless I move my mouse down there.

I don’t know what happened but it’s really annoying. How can I stop the Taskbar from disappearing on me? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I disable ‘Conversation View’ in Gmail?

Posted on December 22, 2024

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Question from Callie: All of a sudden Gmail has started grouping all the messages I’ve received from someone and my replies to those messages all together instead of just listing them individually.

Can you tell me what I need to do to get Gmail to list the emails I receive individually, with the newest one on top like it used to? [Read more…]