Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Debbie: Rick, I edited a photo today and then I tried to save it, but Windows won’t let me save the edited file.
Every time I try to save the photo I get the following error message:
“You don’t have permission to save in this location.
Contact the administrator to obtain permission.
Would you like to save in the Pictures folder instead?”
Here’s a screenshot of the actual error message: [Read more…]
Would you like to take online college courses offered by Duke University, Princeton, Ohio State, John Hopkins and dozens of other top colleges and universities, right from home?
Well, now you can thanks to wonderful website called Coursera!
Whether you simply want to take courses that interest you for your own personal development or actually earn a Bachelors or Masters degree from a top university, you can meet that goal with the help of Coursera.
Coursera has partnered with almost 200 of the world’s top institutions of higher learning to offer online college-level courses in virtually any field you can think of.
And these aren’t fluff courses either. In fact, they cover everything from the arts and humanities to the hard sciences. [Read more…]
Question from Kelly E.: I just bought a new computer and there’s one thing about it that has me puzzled.
When I shut the computer down (not put it to sleep, but actually shut it down) the little light on the mouse stays lit.
Why is this happening? I’ve never seen it before. Is there some way to turn it off?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
A while back I wrote a post that explains how to force a Desktop shortcut to always “Open as administrator”.
As an example I mentioned a shortcut that I had created that quickly saves a System Restore Point without having to navigate any of the usual Windows menus.
Several people wrote in asking how to make their own shortcut to create a new Restore Point, so I thought it might be a good idea to write a post explaining how to do it.
Luckily, it’s very easy to make a shortcut for creating a new Restore Point. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Well, it’s August, and that means schools all around the country are starting back up for their fall classes.
In fact, several of the school systems in my area have already welcomed their students back into the classroom!
The start of a new school year always means shopping for items like notebooks, pencils and such, but nowadays many schools have added a notebook computer to their back-to-school shopping lists.
If you’ve been shopping for a new computer for the student(s) in your family, you’ve no doubt noticed that there are a ton of laptops to choose from.
Picking the perfect student laptop can be a daunting task, but I hope to make it a little easier for you by recommending three of my favorites. [Read more…]