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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…]
Has your web browser started spawning popup windows that display a web page with the SPAM URL go.mobifoth.com?
If so, the culprit is likely the popular browser extension “Unseen”.
If you’re unfamiliar with this extension, you can read more about it in this post that I wrote a while back. [Read more…]
If you have an Android device you probably already know about the countless apps and games that you can download for free from the Google Play Store.
The thing is, many of those “free” apps and games aren’t really free at all since they come with ads and/or require in-app purchases to unlock some of the best features. [Read more…]
Over time your computer’s fans will almost certainly draw enough dust inside the case to partially or completely cover the components and block air from flowing around the various parts.
This is not good as it allows heat to build up inside the components, and heat leads to both intermittent program errors and eventual hardware failure.
It’s important to remove any built-up dust from the inside of your computer on a regular basis, and the best way to do it is to blow it out with forced air.
Simply remove the side panel, carry the PC outdoors and have at it. Some folks use an air compressor to blow out the dust, but I think that is very bad idea for two very important reasons: [Read more…]