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Important update: Chrome and Firefox have both started flagging the tool I recommend in this post as malware. I believe this to be a clear case of a false positive but I have removed the links just to be safe.
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By now you probably know how important it is to create regular backups of the data that’s stored on your computer’s hard drive.
You also probably know that it can take a good long while to create each of those backups.
Luckily, there’s a simple and easy way to greatly speed up the backup process (and the restore process as well, should it ever be needed)… [Read more…]
Every now and then I receive messages asking me how to launch the OnScreen Keyboard on Windows machines that don’t have a touch screen.
There are several ways to activate the OnScreen Keyboard, but my favorite method is by simply clicking a desktop shortcut.
If you’d like to create a shortcut to the OnScreen Keyboard on your own computer, just follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Question from Lina W.: A while back my laptop updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 on its own. I just woke up one morning and there it was!
It turns out that I like Windows 10 ok, but now I can’t get the screen to brighten up much at all.
I have the brightness setting turned all the way to maximum and it still isn’t as bright at it was with Windows 7.
How can I get my laptop’s brightness control to work as it should?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As you probably know, it’s getting harder with each passing day to protect your privacy on most major social media websites.
Some venues are worse than others, but they all seem to be getting more invasive with the passage of time.
While Facebook’s privacy issues are well-known, many Twitter users are unaware that they need to lock down their privacy settings as well.
The purpose of this post is to highlight several essential privacy tweaks that can make your interactions with Twitter safer and a bit less invasive of your personal and professional privacy. [Read more…]