A friend asked me the other day whether it’s best to connect his computer to his router via WiFi or over a wired Ethernet connection.
My answer: It depends.
First of all, is the computer in question sitting near the router or is it located in another room in the house?
If it’s possible (and practical) to run a cable between the two locations, a wired connection between your computer and router offers a number of benefits. [Read more…]
Question from Judy: I have a question that’s probably going to sound dumb, but I’m curious.
I’ve been using computers for a long time and I’ve deleted a lot of files. Where do they go after Windows deletes them? [Read more…]
Have you ever needed to select all the text and images on a web page or other document at the same time?
How about all the cells in spreadsheet or all the data contained in an input box?
Well, there are several ways to select everything at once, but the fastest and simplest way on a Windows PC is to use the handy keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A.
Mac users can press Command+A to do the same thing.
Have you noticed that the videos in your news feed start playing automatically as soon as they scroll into view?
Personally, I’m not all that fond of auto-playing videos. I’d much rather click the little arrow to manually play the videos I want to watch.
Truth be told, I don’t watch many of them because they are often malicious and dangerous.
But that being said, I do watch them on very rare occasions if it’s something that really interests me AND I completely trust the person or page that posted it.
If you feel the same way I do about auto-playing videos, it’s very easy to disable that feature on Facebook. Just follow the directions below for the device you’re using. [Read more…]
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If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you’ve probably noticed that many people “Like” their own posts just as soon as they post them.
That can be viewed as a form of vanity, right?
I mean, seriously, is it really cool to “Like” your own posts?
Well, truth be told, in most cases it isn’t vanity at work at all. It’s simply a method you can use to jumpstart the engagement you’ll receive on every post you publish on Facebook.