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Many of the tips I’ve written explain the importance of creating regular System Image backups in case your PC’s hard drive ever fails or some other catastrophe wipes out your Windows installation.
It really is important to always have a recent backup on hand for those unexpected emergency situations, but one of my blog’s faithful readers recently pointed out that I have never explained how to restore a PC from a System Image backup.
The purpose of this post is to correct that oversight.
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Question from Francine: I have a computer with Windows 10 on it.
It used to be that when I tried to delete a file a message would pop up asking if I really wanted to delete it, but not anymore.
Now the file is just deleted immediately with no chance to change my mind.
I really need those confirmation messages because I’ve caught myself trying to delete the wrong file several times in the past.
Can you tell me how to get Windows to start asking me to confirm file deletions again?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Aaron G.: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) has started crashing at random times and displaying a blue screen with an error message.
The error message always says the PC ran into a problem and it needs to restart.
This line is always at the bottom of the error screen:
Stop Code MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Does that mean my computer has a bad RAM stick?
I took a picture of the error message with my phone and attached it to this email. Can you take a look at it and tell me what I need to do? Thanks.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Kelly: I’ve heard it’s possible to run Android apps on a Windows computer.
I have a couple of questions:
1 – Is that true?
2 – If it is, how do I do it?
I have a couple of apps on my phone that I use a LOT and I’d love to be able to use them on my Acer laptop with Windows 10.
Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Kelly. And as it turns out you can indeed run Android apps on a Windows PC! [Read more…]
Question from Stuart K.: I was cleaning out my closet yesterday morning and I found an old game disc with “Age Of Empires” on it.
I remember that I loved playing that game when I was a kid so I installed it on my son’s ASUS ROG gaming PC (with Windows 10).
The game played just like I remember and I didn’t notice any problems with anything else. Everything seemed to work fine so I shut the computer down.
My son used the computer for a few minutes and then shut it down when he got ready to leave for school.
This morning when he turned it on he noticed that the screen resolution was wrong and the screen was flickering really bad. He shut it down and restarted it and got the same result.
He asked me to help him get it straightened out, but so far I’m not having any luck.