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One of my biggest pet peeves is audio that starts blaring from my computer’s speakers just as soon as I visit a web page.
It makes no difference whether its coming from an ad, a cute video or simple background music, if it starts playing on its own, I don’t like it.
In fact, I dislike it so much I immediately hit my browser’s “Back” button when music or some other sound starts playing just as soon as the page loads unless I REALLY want to view the content on the page. [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of two-factor authentication for online accounts.
For those who might have missed them, I have already written posts explaining how to enable it on Facebook and Twitter.
Two factor authentication is a security measure which requires you to enter a verification code that’s sent to your mobile phone before you’ll be allowed to log in to your account.
This effectively locks your online account as tight as a virtual drum since a hacker would need physical access to your cell phone in order to break into your account.
The steps below explain how to quickly and easily enable two-step verification on your Dropbox account: [Read more…]
If you ever receive an offer or recommendation to download a free Facebook app called fbDOWNLOADER, I strongly recommend that you don’t.
The “pitch” sounds so tempting: “Download all of your Facebook photos and albums directly to your PC at one time. Even download the ‘public’ pictures of your Facebook friends and other photos that you have been tagged in.”
Sound like a great app, right? The pitch sounds so good in fact that a very well-known tech expert fell for it and recommended this app on her weekly radio show and on her website. [Read more…]
Do you always seem to miss the local broadcast of your favorite “Talk Radio” show due to work, school or some other scheduling conflict?
Did your local talk radio station drop your favorite show, making it impossible to listen to it in your local area?
Well, now there’s an easy way to listen to your favorite talk radio personality at most any time of the day, regardless of where you might happen to live. All you need is an Internet connection! [Read more…]
Question from Gloria: I tried to log in to my computer for the first time in several months, but it won’t let me log in because I can’t remember the password.
This is a desktop computer with Windows 10? I can’t believe I forgot the password! Can you tell me how to reset it?
Rick’s answer: Don’t be too hard on yourself, Gloria. This happens all the time. In fact, rarely a week goes by without someone asking me how to reset a Windows password that they’ve forgotten.
As you might imagine, Microsoft doesn’t include an easy way to reset a forgotten password with Windows since that would defeat the purpose of having a password in the first place. But luckily there are third-party tools that we can use to reset them. [Read more…]