Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
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My “Pick” for the day is this awesome JBL FLIP 4 Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker.
If you’ve been looking for an affordable Bluetooth speaker that has exceptional sound quality, this could well be the one.
Click here to read more about the JBL FLIP 4 Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker at Amazon.
As you probably know, YouTube hosts billions of videos on pretty much every topic under the sun, and the vast majority of them can be viewed at any time for free.
This is why I wrote a post a while back explaining why YouTube is one of the best sites on the Internet for helping you quickly learn how to do something you’ve never done before.
As you also probably know, many of the videos on YouTube contain some type of “adult” subject matter that you might not want to see – or allow your kids to see.
(Yes, as a Google property YouTube has a minimum age requirement but we all know how well those work in practice.)
Luckily, YouTube has a “Restricted Mode” setting that will block the vast majority of videos containing adult subject matter to prevent them from being viewed on any device that you have it enabled on. [Read more…]
As you probably know, having to shut down your PC can be a major hassle at times.
This is especially true if you know you’ll have to reopen all the programs and websites you’re currently using the next time you power the machine back on.
Luckily, that scenario can be avoided by selecting a special shutdown mode called Hibernate.
Question from Luisa: I’m hoping you can clear something up for me.
I’ve heard some people say we need to stop using Windows 7 now that Microsoft has stopped updating it because it’s no longer safe.
Others are saying it’s perfectly fine to keep using it as long as the computer has an antivirus on it.
This is really confusing to me.
My HP laptop is old but it still works fine even though it has Windows 7 on it. I really hate the thought of having to replace it, but I will if it’s really unsafe to use.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
There might come a time when you’ll need to log in to your router’s control panel to change a setting (most likely the password for your Wi-Fi network).
But what happens if you can’t log in because you forgot the router’s username and/or password?
As luck would have it, it’s very easy to reset a router’s username and password back to its factory defaults. [Read more…]