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Q&A: Should I use a liquid CPU cooler in the PC I’m planning to build?

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Question from Daniel:  Hi Rick. I have a question about computer hardware.

I’m in the process of ordering parts to build a new computer.

I’ve always wanted to build one from scratch just for the experience and the satisfaction of knowing I was successful at it.

The thing is, I want make sure I really will be successful at it, which brings me to my question.

Is it safe to use a liquid CPU cooling system in a home-built computer? [Read more…]

Heads-Up: Windows 11 is coming soon

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Soon after Microsoft released Windows 10 back in July 2015 I began receiving occasional questions from folks asking when they would be releasing Windows 11.

Every time someone asked I emailed my contact on the Windows 10 Development Team to find out when Microsoft would be releasing Windows 10’s successor. The answer was always an emphatic…

“There will be no successor. Windows 10 is the last version of Windows ever.“

Therefore, that was always my answer as well.

And as you can see here, the folks at TechRadar were receiving the same answer from Microsoft.

Well now it appears that the powers that be at Microsoft have changed their mind.

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How to make sure you’ll never get locked out of your Facebook account

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I frequently receive frantic messages from Facebook users asking how they can regain access to their accounts when they’re unable to reset their passwords.

Unfortunately, in most of those cases I’m unable to help those folks reset their passwords and get back into their accounts.

That means they have no choice but to abandon their accounts and open new ones.

People find themselves in this situation because Facebook has determined that it’s better to have some people locked out of their accounts forever than to make it easy for hackers to reset the passwords of unsuspecting users.

It always bothers me to have to tell someone I won’t be able to help them get back into their Facebook account, but unfortunately that’s just the reality we are faced with for the time being.

Now all of the above being said, there are steps you can take right now to ensure that you’ll be able to reset your Facebook password if you ever forget it or if a hacker breaks into your account and changes the password.

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Q&A: Can you manually check for updates on a Chromebook?

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Question from Tina:  I just recently bought my first Chromebook and I wish I had bought one sooner. It’s great!

I hope you can answer a question for me.

I sometimes get a notification saying there are updates waiting to be installed so I restart the laptop to install the updates.

Back when I was using Windows computers I would always check to see if there were any new updates available first thing every morning.

Is it possible to do that on a Chromebook? [Read more…]

Love Firefox, but wish it wasn’t so slow? Give ‘Pale Moon’ a try!

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I’ll admit it, I love the Firefox web browser.

I really like the look and feel of Firefox’s browser window, and I LOVE all the great extensions that let me do things with Firefox that I can’t do with any other browser.

But as much as I love Firefox, there’s one thing that has kept me using Google Chrome as my primary web browser instead of Firefox: Firefox can be as slow as cold molasses while viewing some websites. But I have good news…  [Read more…]

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