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How I enabled SSL (https) encryption on RicksDailyTips and my other WordPress blogs for free!

Posted on June 5, 2018

I have two questions for you:

1 – Do you have a self-hosted WordPress blog that receives a lot of visitors from Google every month?

2 – Do you earn money with that blog?

If the answer to one or both of those questions is yes then you need to make sure your blog is secured with SSL (https) encryption asap!

If your blog doesn’t have any sign-up forms or request sensitive information from your visitors you might be thinking it doesn’t need to be a “secure” site.

Well, that used to be the case, but no longer. [Read more…]

How to add USB 3.0 ports to your PC

Posted on April 28, 2018

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Update: You can now add some blazing-fast USB 3.1 Type-C ports to your computer.

This post explains how.

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In my opinion, no innovation in computer technology has had a greater positive impact on the average computer user than the Universal Serial Bus – commonly referred to simply as USB. [Read more…]

How to use ‘Child Accounts’ with Windows to keep your kids safe online

Posted on April 25, 2018

As you probably know, the Internet is a massive repository of information, useful tools and services that can help children learn and mature.

But there is also a downside to the web: It also has a wide variety of potentially harmful content and services that are easily accessible by youngsters.

There are a number of good child safety apps that you can install on your family’s computers, but if they are running either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 you don’t have to install anything extra in order to protect your kids from the darker corners of the web. [Read more…]

Do use Yahoo Mail or AOL Mail? If so, new changes to their TOS totally trash your privacy.

Posted on April 20, 2018

If you use Yahoo Mail or AOL Mail (or both) you should know that the latest changes they’ve made to their Terms of Service (TOS) completely trashes your privacy.

Both of those services are now owned by Oath, the media division of Verizon.

Oath has merged their two TOSs into one and made some pretty disturbing changes in the process. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I prevent a folder from freezing up while I’m trying to open it?

Posted on April 19, 2018

Question from Paula: My computer is a Dell desktop running Windows 10 and I’m having an irritating problem with it.

I have a folder that I’ve been using for months and all of a sudden it gets stuck when I try to open it. It just freezes up for a while and displays the message “Working on it…“.

If I wait long enough the folder will eventually open and I can use it like I always have, but it seems to take longer and longer every day. It took well over a minute to open a little while ago.

How can I stop this folder from freezing up on me? All the other folders on my computer open just fine.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]