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By default, Windows 10 displays a Logon Screen requesting that you enter a password before it will finish booting up into Windows, and it will display this screen even if you haven’t created a password for your user account.
Dealing with the Logon Screen can be an unnecessary annoyance if you know you are the only person that will ever have access to your computer.
Luckily, Microsoft made it fairly easy to configure Windows 10 to skip the Logon Screen and have the machine boot straight to the Desktop. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Happy Easter, everyone. He is risen!
Question from Barbara P.: Hi Rick. I have a very urgent problem and I need your help ASAP!
Everything was fine when I went to bed last night, but when I woke up this morning and turned on my laptop to check my email, the laptop couldn’t find my Wi-Fi network.
I had it scan for available networks and it found just one (and it had a really nasty name that I can’t repeat on here).
I first thought it might be a neighbor’s Wi-Fi signal that was straying into my house, but then I noticed that it was a really strong signal.
Since it was so strong I figured this strange Wi-Fi signal had to be coming from my own router, and sure enough when I unplugged my router the “nasty” Wi-Fi network disappeared.
It appears that someone has hijacked my router somehow but I don’t know how to take back control of it because it won’t accept my password. Can you help? It’s a Belkin N450DB.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As you probably know, Windows computers tend to slow down over time due to junk build-up on the hard drive, malware infections and various other reasons.
Today I’m going to tell you about five powerful free downloads that you can use to keep your PC running just as fast as the day you bought it:
Note: The programs listed are all available in both free and premium versions. I recommend that you download the free version of each. [Read more…]
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