Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Caroline: Every time I write a new blog post I paste the link to it in a Facebook status update.
The problem I’m having is sometimes Facebook won’t display the photo from the blog post. All it will display is the title and a short snippet of the text.
Is there something I’m doing wrong? Am I missing a step? [Read more…]
Question from Paul: I recently discovered that the C: drive in my Windows 10 computer is almost full so I installed a second hard drive.
Everything works fine but when I create a new document Windows still tries to save it to the C: drive. And since that drive is full it can’t save it.
I have to manually choose the E: drive (the new hard drive) every time I try to save a new document.
How can I change it so Windows will automatically store the new files I create on the E: drive instead of the C: drive? [Read more…]
Question from Myron: I read this blog post about installing Linux on an older Windows PC and found it quite intriguing.
The thing is, I don’t have a Windows PC. I have an older MacBook that can no longer be updated to the latest versions of macOS.
Your post about installing Linux didn’t mention anything about installing it on a Mac. Is that possible? [Read more…]
Question from Rheta: For some reason Microsoft Defender quarantined one of my important work files on my Windows 11 laptop, apparently thinking it’s a virus (it isn’t).
I really need to get that file back. Can you tell me how to “unquarantine” it? [Read more…]
Question from Darren: I love your blog Rick, especially the questions and answers section.
I hope you can help me solve a problem I’ve been having ever since I replaced my old computer with one running Windows 10.
I use two printers with my computer. The first one is an Epson inkjet that I use every now and then to print photos. The other is a Brother laser printer that I use to print most everything else.
With Windows 7 I could leave the laser printer as the default printer, then switch to the inkjet manually on the rare occasions when I needed to use it. But with Windows 10, every time I print to either printer, that printer gets set as the default printer.
I really want the laser printer to remain as the default and switch to the inkjet manually when I need it. Is there any way to stop Windows 10 from changing the default printer without my permission? [Read more…]