Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
As you probably know, installing a home security system is one of the best investments a homeowner can make in this crazy world we live in.
After all, a quality home security system will keep your family and property secure.
But in case you’re wondering, you don’t have to invest all your savings in such a system because the current market has some of the best DIY home security systems you can buy, and some of them even operate with no monthly fee.
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who subscribe to cable Internet service through Comcast/Xfinity, Charter or another cable TV company, you most likely rent your cable modem from your ISP. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
While I think it’s a wise move to buy your own cable modem, renting one from the cable company isn’t necessarily a bad move if you live in an area that receives frequent electrical storms.
When a cable modem needs to be replaced, most customers simply accept whatever modem the technician pulls out of the truck and installs for them without giving it a second thought.
Well, that can be a very big mistake. Why? Read on and I’ll explain… [Read more…]
It seems that every week I receive at least a couple of frantic emails asking me if there’s any way to retrieve the files from a computer’s hard drive after the machine has gone belly-up.
Luckily, many times the answer is YES!
I have covered each of the following methods before, but I thought it might be helpful if I simply list them all in a single post. [Read more…]
Just a few years ago Adobe Flash was a major player in the Internet world.
In fact, according to some estimates it was used on almost a third of all the websites on the Internet at the time.
But over time it became clear that Adobe simply couldn’t keep Flash secure, and after several years of almost continuous security updates they decided to simply cut their losses and abandon Flash altogether at some point in the future.
Well, that time has just about arrived… [Read more…]
Question from Vicki: I got my old laptop out of the closet this morning to see if it still works. I’ve forgotten exactly how old it is but it’s running windows 8.
It finally booted up into Windows but it seemed to be running very sluggish.
At first, it wouldn’t connect to the wireless or open my Chrome browser. I checked to see how full the hard drive is. Not quite 50% is used.
I restarted it again and it connected to the network and loaded Chrome, but it’s still very sluggish.
Do you have any suggestions for cleaning up and optimizing an older computer?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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