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How to quickly find out what your used computer is worth

Posted on December 31, 2024

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Do you have a used computer that you’re planning to sell?

If so, you might be wondering about what it’s worth so you can determine how much you should ask for it.

Or perhaps you’re planning to buy a used computer and you want to make sure you don’t over-pay?

Determining the actual value of an item used to be pretty difficult, but the Internet has given us a great tool that can give us that info in a hurry: Ebay. [Read more…]

Q&A: Will installing an SSD void my new laptop’s warranty?

Posted on December 29, 2024

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Question from Markus: Hi, Rick. I recently bought a new laptop that came with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty, but I paid extra for a 3 year extended warranty.

I’d really like to swap out its 1TB hard drive for an SSD (as you often recommend).

I have not read anything anywhere about potential consequences if one does this. Could this possibly be considered an “unauthorized” activity and therefore void either the laptop manufacturer’s warranty or the extended warranty that I purchased? [Read more…]

How to recover an accidentally deleted Gmail contact

Posted on December 29, 2024

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Have you ever accidentally deleted a Gmail contact that you didn’t intend to delete?

Even worse, have you ever logged into your Gmail account and discovered that all of your contacts had mysteriously disappeared?

Unfortunately, these things happen from time to time, and we often don’t realize it until several days have gone by.

Luckily, it’s very easy to recover any Gmail contacts that were deleted within the last 30 days. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I disable ‘Conversation View’ in Gmail?

Posted on December 22, 2024

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Question from Callie: All of a sudden Gmail has started grouping all the messages I’ve received from someone and my replies to those messages all together instead of just listing them individually.

Can you tell me what I need to do to get Gmail to list the emails I receive individually, with the newest one on top like it used to? [Read more…]

How to restore the previous browsing session in any web browser

Posted on December 21, 2024

There are times when it would be nice to be able to fire up your favorite web browser and continue browsing all the sites you were visiting the last time the browser was open.

For example, perhaps you accidentally closed your web browser before you finished everything that you wanted to do on the web.

Or maybe a storm rolled in and you had to shut down and unplug your computer in a hurry in order to protect it from a potential lightning strike.

Whatever caused you to end your previous browsing session prematurely, I have good news for you… [Read more…]