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Q&A: How can I stop Firefox from reopening the last page I visited every time I load it?

Posted on November 22, 2025

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Question from Marc: Beginning last Tuesday, every time I load Firefox it opens the page that was open when I quit the previous session. It’s really irritating.

I must have done something wrong, but I don’t know when or how. Can you tell me how to get Firefox to always open my home page every time it loads?

Rick’s answer: Marc, somehow a key setting has been changed that’s causing Firefox to behave that way, but luckily it’s very easy to fix. Here’s how: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I stop my PC’s hard drive from shutting down?

Posted on November 20, 2025

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Question from Amber: After my Windows computer has been sitting idle for a few minutes the hard drive just shuts down.

When I get back on the computer and press a key or move my mouse I can hear the drive starting back up again and I have to wait several seconds before I can do anything.

This is extremely irritating. I guess I’m just impatient and want my computer to respond as quickly as possible. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I put more than one System Image Backup on the same drive?

Posted on November 18, 2025

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Question from Julienne: Hello, Rick. I’m a long time reader of your blog and I’ve read your posts about making System Image backups with Windows.

Your instructions are very good and easy to follow.

I’ve made three backups so far for my laptop but I just noticed that there’s only one backup on my external hard drive. I’m assuming it’s the last one I made?

My question is can I store more than one backup on the same drive? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is my monitor shutting down while the computer is still running?

Posted on November 17, 2025

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Question from Myron: I have a 3 year old Dell desktop PC that I recently updated to Windows 11 and it started giving me a problem a couple of days ago.

Now when I turn on the computer it will run fine for a while and then the screen will go black and say “No Signal”. A few seconds after that it blanks out completely.

I hope you can help me figure out what’s going on. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I extend an Internet connection to a distant building?

Posted on November 14, 2025

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Question from Travis: I’m building a cabin on the back side of my parents’ ranch that my wife and I will be staying in several times a year when we visit them.

We’ll be staying several days on each trip so I’ll need to be able to work from the cabin. And it looks like that might be a problem. [Read more…]