Question from Elian: Every time I open the Microsoft Store and try to search for an app it freezes up on me.
The only way it will close is if I kill it with the Task Manager.
How can I fix this? [Read more…]
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Question from Elian: Every time I open the Microsoft Store and try to search for an app it freezes up on me.
The only way it will close is if I kill it with the Task Manager.
How can I fix this? [Read more…]
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Question from Roger: Rick, I followed your advice and replaced the hard drive in my laptop with a solid state drive (SSD).
I’m absolutely blown away by how much faster the laptop boots up and how much faster my programs load.
I do have one question though. I read in another forum that SSDs don’t get fragmented and they never need to be defragged. Is that true?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Question from Robert: About a year ago I built a new gaming PC and installed Windows 11 on it.
A few days ago I installed this Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD thinking it would be a LOT faster than the hard drive.
Well, it isn’t. It actually takes forever for some games to load. [Read more…]
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Does your Internet service occasionally go out due to storms or equipment failure?
If so, you know how irritating it can be when you have to wait for a tech to come out and restore your service.
But guess what? In a pinch, you can use your smartphone’s cellular data connection to access the Internet with your computer. [Read more…]
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Question from Joni: Hi, Rick. I have a question for you.
Is there a way to block Instagram message requests on Facebook Messenger?
I don’t use Instagram at all and I’m getting a lot of message requests from scammers pretending to be friends of mine.
When I get a message request from a name I recognize I always hit them with my security question to see how they answer. [Read more…]