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Question from Tammy: Every time I load a Windows app on my Windows 10 laptop the scroll bar over on the right remains hidden until I move my mouse over it.
This happens every time I use any app I have downloaded from the Microsoft Store.
I have a health issue that makes it hard for me to control the placement of the mouse so I have trouble activating the scroll bar.
Can you tell me how to keep Windows from hiding the scroll bars?
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Question from Ellen L.: I can block calls from certain phone numbers with my smart phone, but I also have a landline telephone that I’d like to be able to do that with as well.
I receive a lot of nuisance calls on that line, but the phone company wants to charge me a monthly fee that adds up to well over a hundred dollars a year to block them for me.
Do you know of a service or device that I can get that’ll let me block calls from the nuisance numbers that call me the most often without having to pay a big monthly fee?
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If you’ve been following the news of late you’re probably aware that there’s a shortage of computer chips right now.
There are several factors contributing to the shortage, and reports are now coming out that it’s likely to extend well into 2023.
What does this mean for consumers?
Question from Jean: A good Facebook friend of mine referred me to you regarding how to print out my entire Facebook friend list. Can you tell me how to do it?
Rick’s answer: I love questions like this, Jean. Short, and directly to the point!
To answer your question, you can indeed print your Friends List, but you can’t do it from within Facebook itself.
What you’ll have to do is use Facebook’s “Download Your Information” tool to download a file containing your Friends List to your computer and then print it from there.
Question from Kendall: A few days ago I read your warning about how the login credentials for thousands of Zoom accounts are actively being sold on the dark web.
I wish I had found out about this before I signed up for a paid subscription. Better late than never (I hope!).
I’m sort of in a panic right now because Zoom – and possibly the hackers – has my debit card information.
I’d like to cancel my Zoom subscription but I can’t find a way to do it.
Can you tell me how to cancel it (or at least give me the link to the page where I do it)?
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