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Question from Lois: Hi, Rick. I need your help with a Facebook issue.
I just noticed that people can see my birthdate when they look at my profile page.
I really don’t want strangers (or even Facebook) knowing when my birth date is. I don’t even want my friends to know when it is.
How do I completely remove my birth date from Facebook? [Read more…]
Question from Alma: I have a computer with Windows 11 on it and I’m hoping you can answer a question for me.
Every time I use my computer I start by accessing the files in one specific folder and I keep that folder open at all times.
It’s a hassle having to open File Explorer and navigate to that folder every time I turn on the computer.
It would be wonderful if I could have Windows start up every time with that folder already open so I can get right to work.
Is that possible? If it is, how do I set it up? [Read more…]
Knowing how to control IT services is like having a superpower in the fast-paced digital environment. Enter ITIL—short for Information Technology Infrastructure Library. But What is ITIL, and why is ITIL Certification the newest buzz?
ITIL is a set of best practices that help companies make their IT services more efficient. We’ll explore in this blog how ITIL serves as a secret weapon for bringing IT services into line with corporate objectives, improving service delivery and increasing efficiency of operations.
Stick around to see how ITIL might turn your digital game around and propel your company towards unprecedented success. [Read more…]
With all the hackers out there trying to break into secure Wi-Fi networks, steal personal and financial information and generally wreak havoc on our lives, it only makes sense to do everything possible to protect ourselves while we’re using the Internet.
Short of becoming a hermit and moving into a cave, there’s really nothing we can do to ensure that we never have our privacy compromised in today’s ultra-connected world.
But we can take steps to minimize the risks associated with being online as much as possible. Here are just a few of them: [Read more…]
Computer technology has changed so much since the “stone age” of personal computing (circa mid-1970s).
Back then our mass storage options consisted of cassette tapes that were slower than ice melting and 8 inch floppy disks that held just a few kilobytes of data each.
What’s more, those floppy drives and floppy disks were very expensive!
Today we have hard drives than can hold several terabytes of data and solid state drives (SSDs) that can swap data in and out of a computer’s RAM at breathtaking speeds. [Read more…]