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Question from Lois: I use a computer all day at work and it’s gets pretty boring. I’d like to listen to music while I work.
My boss said he doesn’t mind if I listen to a radio but I don’t really have room for one on my small desk.
Is there any way to listen to my favorite radio station on my computer?
Most people do not think much about their credit score until it becomes a problem. Maybe you applied for a loan and got denied. Maybe you finally took a look at your credit report and saw that your score is a lot lower than you expected.
Whatever the trigger, finding out you have bad credit can feel like a punch to the gut. What many people do not realize is just how far the effects of a bad credit score can reach into your life. [Read more…]
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Question from Carl: I read here that you can “span” (i.e. combine) multiple hard drives and use them as one large drive and access them all with a single drive letter.
I have a used, but working 1TB hard drive at home that I could install in my Windows 11 desktop computer to span with the 1TB drive that’s already in it to effectively give me a 2TB drive. (There is an open drive bay to install the second drive.)
Would you mind answering a question about drive spanning for me? [Read more…]
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Back in the golden age of technology, you really didn’t need all that many tools in order to build, upgrade or repair computers and many other tech items.
If you owned a couple of screwdrivers, an anti-static wrist strap and a nut driver or two you could work on most any tech item. But today, things are a lot more complicated.
The way modern computers, monitors and mobile devices are constructed makes it virtually impossible to work on some items without specialized tools that can “crack open” a case or extract a part without causing physical damage to the item. [Read more…]
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Have you ever tried visiting a website and have it refuse to load, yet find out later that your friends could get to it just fine?
That happens more often than you think, and it’s quite frustrating to say the least.
There are several reasons why your browser might not be able to load a given web page, some of which are completely out of your control. Here are some of the most common reasons why a page won’t load: [Read more…]