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Q&A: Why won’t a site load in Chrome when it loads fine in other browsers?

Posted on March 24, 2026

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Question from Chantelle: Last night my Facebook just froze up and stopped responding to my mouse and keyboard.

I closed the browser and then reopened it but Facebook wouldn’t load at all. It gave me a “500 Internal Server Error” and just sat there. I tried over and over with the same result. I even tried rebooting the computer.

The thing is I can open Facebook just fine in other browsers, but I’m used to Chrome and I’d really like to use it with Facebook.

Can you tell me how to fix this? [Read more…]

How to print all the passwords Google is storing for you

Posted on March 20, 2026

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I recently wrote this post explaining how to view all the passwords that Google has stored from your Chrome browser and Android mobile devices.

That post ended up receiving a lot of attention and several folks asked questions about it.

Several folks asked if there’s a way to print out the passwords that are stored in their Google accounts.

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Is your PC is acting weird? It’s probably malware.

Posted on March 18, 2026

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Has your computer started acting weird all of a sudden? For example…

Do web pages take forever to load?

Are you getting irritating pop-ups on a regular basis?

Does your browser load strange pages that you didn’t intentionally visit?

Has your home page or default search engine been mysteriously changed without your permission?

If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, your PC is probably infected with malware. [Read more…]

How to quickly find your computer’s warranty status

Posted on March 18, 2026

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Truth be told, modern home computers are generally pretty reliable.

In fact, most of the laptops and desktop computers that are sold today will still be working fine when software advances eventually make their hardware components obsolete.

But that being said, some machines will inevitably end up needing some type of covered repair before the warranty expires.

And guess what? Yours could well be one of them.

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How to disable all apps, games, game requests and app notifications on Facebook

Posted on March 17, 2026

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Lots of folks love playing games and using apps on Facebook, but many others would rather drink a glass of spoiled milk through a dirty straw.

If you fall into the last group you probably aren’t all that thrilled to see a game or app invitation pop up in your notifications area.

As luck would have it, you can easily disable all apps and games as well as block all game and app invitations/notifications, now and forever. [Read more…]