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Many of the tips I post on this blog require pasting content into a “Command Prompt” window.
That’s really no big deal because we could always right-click and then click Paste, but many of us prefer pasting with the much faster CTRL-V key combination.
The problem with Windows has always been that CTRL-V simply didn’t work at the Command Prompt. Instead, we had to paste using the mouse. [Read more…]
Question from Carla T.: I have a 3 year old MacBook that’s running OS X Mavericks and my son has been bugging me about upgrading the OS X to El Capitan.
I’m hesitant to do that because everything is running great and I don’t want to mess anything up.
I’m really confused about what to do because I’ve heard horror stories about upgrades that go wrong and trash the system. Do you think I should upgrade or not?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
When Microsoft launched Windows 10 a couple of months ago, they also launched their brand new Edge web browser along with it.
I believe Microsoft’s decision to create a brand new browser from scratch instead of simply updating Internet Explorer for the 1,000th time was a good one.
Over the years I.E. had earned a reputation for sluggish performance, buggy code and dangerous insecurity, and I don’t thing the company would have ever been successful at rehabilitating that poor reputation. [Read more…]
Investment firm Scottrade has announced that hackers have breached a database containing the personal information of approximately 4.6 million of their clients.
The company is claiming that the affected clients’ social security numbers and various other sensitive types of information doesn’t appear to have been compromised even though that info is contained in the breached database. [Read more…]
I receive lots of emails from readers asking me to explain confusing tech terms in simple, easy to understand English.
Well, truth be told, it’s not always that easy to explain some terminology in a way that a non-geek (I admit it, I am one!) can easily understand what it means.
That being said, I do try my best whenever I can. Other times I feel it’s best to enlist the help of an expert who can better explain the whys and wherefores of a particular topic. And this is one of those times. [Read more…]