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Are you planning to buy a brand new Windows computer?
If so, there are a couple of things you need to do the very first time you run it:
1 – Ensure that it’s protected with an effective anti-virus program.
2 – Keep your PC malware-free!
In a perfect world, this wouldn’t even be necessary, but sadly it is. [Read more…]
Question from Shannon: I’m a movie buff and I have a large collection of movies on DVD.
I have a DVD player in every room in my house but I also love watching them on my computer while taking short breaks from my work (I’m self-employed and I work from a home office).
The problem is I could watch a DVD with Windows Media Player on my old computer but it won’t play DVDs on my new one.
Is it not possible to watch DVDs with Windows 10? Surely you can, but how?
This is very frustrating so I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
CCleaner has been the preferred system cleanup utility for millions of PC and Mac users for quite some time.
Now you can get many of the same benefits of the PC and Mac versions of CCleaner on your Android phone or tablet.
CCleaner for Android will clean the junk out of your device and make it run faster and with fewer hang-ups and glitches. I’ve been using it on my phones and tablet for a while now, and I love it.
Here are a few of the ways CCleaner for Android can help optimize and speed up your Android device: [Read more…]
If you’re like most people these days, you probably have a perfectly good smart phone sitting in a drawer collecting dust after falling victim to the endless cell phone upgrade cycle.
That unused phone has some pretty sophisticated electronics inside it, so why not put it to good use?
You can turn your “old” smart phone into a landline replacement by installing a wonderful free app called Viber.
And regardless of which brand and model of phone you have, there is probably a version of Viber to run on it! [Read more…]
When most folks set up a wireless router they create a secure Wi-Fi network that’s protected by a wireless security key (commonly referred to as a “password”).
Most computers and mobile devices will “remember” the passwords for each of the wireless networks they connect to, allowing the device to automatically connect to a network whenever the device comes into range.
That’s a wonderful feature, but it can lead to a problem… [Read more…]