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Question from Dawn: Rick, Are there any keyboards which have keys that don’t wear off like the old days when they were baked on?
I’m tired of replacing keyboards because for some reason my body oils take the paint off the keys.
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Question from Brenda M.: I took my laptop to the shop because the screen stopped lighting up. They checked it out and told me the screen was bad.
They said it would cost almost $200 to replace the screen. I told them I couldn’t afford that so they told me I could still use the laptop by hooking up an external monitor.
I bought a monitor and hooked it up to the laptop with an HDMI cable, but I can’t get the monitor to show anything besides a blank screen.
How can I get the external monitor to work this laptop? [Read more…]
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Question from Glen: A while back I read your post about replacing a computer’s hard drive with an SSD and it sounded like a pretty good idea.
I finally ended up buying a Crucial MX500 1TB SSD to replace the hard drive in my old Acer laptop, but the laptop’s screen went bad before I had a chance to make the switch.
I really didn’t want to spend a lot of money to have the Acer fixed so I just replaced it with a new Dell laptop.
The new Dell has a 1TB hard drive so I don’t really need the SSD at this time. Can I put the SSD on a shelf and keep it for a backup in case the hard drive ever fails, or will it go bad after a while if I don’t use it? [Read more…]
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In the spirit of full transparency, let me state up-front that I’m a long-time customer of InMotion Hosting, for reasons that will be clear to you after reading this review.
I have used several web hosting companies over the years, with various levels of satisfaction.
This review is basically a contrast between the products, service and support I received from those other companies and what I’ve received from InMotion. [Read more…]
Question from Ellen: A couple of years ago I started using a Windows PC for the first time because my iMac died and I couldn’t afford a new one.
When I bought my new laptop the salesman told me that Windows 10 does a horrible job at keeping the system optimized and running smoothly.
He said I needed to buy a program called System Mechanic and use it to clean Windows up every few months. [Read more…]