Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
If you use Chrome, Firefox or Opera you probably know that you can either click the “Star” icon on the right side of the address bar or press Ctrl+D to bookmark the web page you’re currently viewing.
Those are the methods most people use to bookmark a page, but there’s another way that’s even better. Here’s how to do it: [Read more…]
I receive dozens of tech questions every week, and as you might expect some questions get asked over and over.
One of the questions that gets asked most often is some variation of “How do I remove [McAfee, Norton or whatever] from my computer?”
For various reasons, antivirus apps can sometimes be difficult to remove with Windows’ native uninstaller, and I’ve had my own issues with many of them in the past.
Luckily, there’s a simple way to remove most any antivirus program from your computer: Just download and run that company’s automated removal tool! [Read more…]
I write a lot about Facebook security, and I usually include this “bonus tip”: Set the privacy level for most everything on your Facebook account to “Friends”.
While I still strongly recommend that you do that, it’s important to remember that simply setting everything to “Friends” won’t guarantee that your personal info will never be seen by a nefarious stranger.
Yes, setting everything to “Friends” will ensure that only your Facebook friends will be able to view your photos, Timeline entries, contact information and other sensitive info directly, but… [Read more…]
You’ve probably seen Amazon gift cards
Chances are you have actually bought one of them to give away as a gift. And yes, they really do make great gifts!
But what if you wish to give an Amazon gift card to someone that lives somewhere far away?
Well, it’s actually very easy to have Amazon send a gift card virtually anywhere with just a few clicks of your mouse.
Here are three fast and easy options: [Read more…]
In Windows 7 (and earlier versions) we could easily boot our computers into Safe Mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key when Windows first started loading.
Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft disabled that option in order to help speed up the boot process. Personally, I have never been very fond of that change.
If you miss being able to press F8 to boot into Safe Mode on your Windows 10 machine, you can easily re-enable it with a simple command line entry.
Re-enabling the F8 key at Windows Startup will slow down the boot process just a tad, but I happen to believe the trade-off is worth it.
Follow the steps below to force Windows 10 to recognize the F8 key for booting into Safe Mode: [Read more…]
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