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Rick’s File Recovery Service: I’ll recover the photos and files from your dead computer for you.

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I’m often asked if I’d be willing to recover the photos and other files from a “dead” laptop or desktop computer.

I typically refer them to this post that explains how to retrieve their files themselves, but some folks prefer to pay me to do the job for them because they don’t want to take a chance on accidentally trashing their files.

Well, I’m now providing this service because I know how important precious photos and other irreplaceable files can be to their owners.

Here’s the deal…  [Read more…]

How to select multiple items with just two mouse clicks

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computer-mouseYou probably already know that holding down the Ctrl key while selecting items with your mouse allows you to select another item, and then another, and then another, and so on.

If you have a lot of items to select it can get a bit tedious and boring by the time the task is finished.

But did you know there’s a super-easy way to select multiple consecutive items with just two mouse clicks? Here’s how:  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Scammers are impersonating Microsoft techs and tricking people into giving them remote access to their PCs. Don’t fall for it!

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There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

[Read more…]

Q&A: Can you recommend a good image editor to use with my Chromebook?

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pixlr-logoQuestion from Cathy H.:  My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook that you had recommended, and I really like it.

I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on. Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Picture of the Day: “Caribbean Sunset”

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Photographer Pedro Olivo Guach captured this stunning Caribbean sunset in the west coast town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. I hope you like it.

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Many titles are absolutely free, and you won’t even need a Kindle device to enjoy them!

Click here to check out the awesome selection of free and low-cost photography ebooks at Amazon!

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