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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, July 24, 2022
• Warning: Don’t share codes from text messages with anyone
• Q&A: Why are new computers slower than really old ones?
• Scam alert: Beware fake ads for concert and event tickets
• The awesome power of kindness and compassion
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
• Create a Recovery Flash Drive for your Chromebook
• Q&A: What does it mean to ‘jailbreak’ an iPhone?
• Q&A: How can I find out which processor my Mac has in it?
• The ten greatest inventions of Nikola Tesla
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, April 28, 2022
• Q&A: How do I disable GPS tracking on my iPhone?
• How to disable the ‘Autocorrect’ feature in Windows 11
• An easy way to fool burglars into thinking you’re at home
• Video biography of Jana Jae, “The girl with the magic blue fiddle”
Microsoft was kind enough to provide a utility called MSCONFIG that allows us to determine and control which programs Windows loads at Startup, but it is woefully lacking.
MSCONFIG does list the major applications that start up automatically, but it doesn’t provide anywhere near a full list of all the independent processes that load into memory with every boot-up and consume precious CPU clock cycles.
Luckily, there is a better much better Windows Startup manager, and it is available as a free download. [Read more…]
Do you love the “old-style” games like Solitaire, Hearts, FreeCell and others that you used to be able to play with Windows 7, but can’t find them in Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Well, those beloved old-style games were removed from the most recent versions of Windows and replaced with “modern” versions that you have to download from the Windows Store.
I happen to prefer the old-style games myself. If you prefer them as well, you can get them back! [Read more…]