Rick's Daily Tips

Scam alert: Sonic has been hacked and YOUR credit card info might have been stolen.

Posted on September 27, 2017

Well, another week, and yet another major successful hack.

This time the victim is Sonic Drive-In Restaurants (or more accurately, their customers).

Sonic has now confirmed a recent Krebs on Security report that their restaurants’ credit card processing system has been hacked and potentially millions of customers’ credit and debit card information has been stolen.

What’s more, it’s already been confirmed that the stolen credit/debit card info is actively being sold on the black market as we speak. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is a Thumbs.db file being created on my Desktop every time I download a photo?

Posted on September 26, 2017

Question from Ariela F: I read your post that explains how to download pictures from a website by clicking them and dragging them to the desktop.

I love that trick. It worked perfectly for the first few days but now I’m having a problem with it.

All of a sudden my computer has started creating a new file on the desktop called Thumbs.db every time I download a picture onto it. I always delete it but it just comes right back the next time I download another picture.

How can I prevent that Thumbs.db file from coming back every time I download a picture? I hate seeing it there because it’s really distracting!

My laptop has Windows 10 on it if that makes any difference. I hope you can help me.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Review: Acer Predator 21 X Gaming Laptop

Posted on September 21, 2017

Serious “gamers” are always thirsting for the latest, greatest and fastest gaming PC money can buy. Well, I just found it.

Acer has released the fastest, most powerful and (possibly) the largest gaming laptop ever built.

Simply put, the Acer Predator 21 X Gaming Laptop is almost beyond belief.

This thing packs a punch that would knock out all but the most powerful desktop gaming computers, and the price tag reflects it: roughly 9 grand at the time of this writing!

But check out everything you’ll get for that 9 grand: [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I turn on Chat for just one friend on Facebook while appearing to be offline to everyone else?

Posted on September 20, 2017

Question from Cindy H.: Hi Rick! I so love your tips! I have a question for you.

My boyfriend is in the Army and he’s currently stationed in Germany.

Is there a way to turn on Facebook Chat just for him so that my other Facebook friends won’t bother me during our nightly chats?

I have an Acer All-In-One computer with Windows 10 on it.

Thanks a lot!!

Rick’s answer: Yes Cindy, there is. And it’s really easy to do. just follow the steps below: [Read more…]