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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Monday, June 20, 2022
• Just for fun: Remember Pac-Man? You can play it right now.
• How (and when) to boot your Android device into ‘Safe Mode’
• 11 ways to fool burglars into thinking you’re always at home
• Did you know ‘TV Dinners’ were invented to fix a colossal mistake?
If you’re a Windows or Mac user you probably know that restarting your computer in Safe Mode is a great way to troubleshoot software problems that are difficult to track down when everything but the kitchen sink is running on the machine.
In a nutshell, booting a device into Safe Mode ensures that only the most essential parts of the operating system and the most basic hardware drivers are loaded into memory to make it easier to track down those most stubborn issues.
Luckily, Android devices can be booted into Safe Mode as well. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, May 17, 2022
• How to install iPhone and iPad Apps on your (newer) Mac
• How (and when) to boot Windows 10 and 11 into Safe Mode
• Q&A: How can I make my Desktop icons bigger?
• Time is both precious and fleeting. Use it wisely.
If you’ve been a Windows user for any length of time you probably know that there are times when it helps to boot Windows into Safe Mode.
In a nutshell, booting into Safe Mode forces Windows to load just the most basic Windows files and hardware drivers.
This helps a great deal when trying to remove stubborn viruses, track down faulty hardware drivers and resolve a wide range of software issues.
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, March 6, 2022
• Ever wonder why there are no Macs with touchscreens?
• How (and why) to boot Windows into ‘Safe Mode’
• How to create a Desktop shortcut to open a Command Prompt window
• Video: What it was like to be a lumberjack in the 1940s
• Info about my photo / file recovery service