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Q&A: How do I transfer my Yahoo emails into Gmail?

Posted on April 15, 2026

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Question from Thalia: Hi, Rick. I hope you can help me with something.

I have a Yahoo email account that I don’t use anymore because I recently switched to Gmail.

I want to delete the Yahoo email account but I have thousands of important emails in there that I really need to keep.

Can you tell me how to move all of those emails from Yahoo into my Gmail account so I can delete Yahoo without losing anything?

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Q&A: What’s your opinion on Rapid Radios? Are they as good as they claim?

Posted on April 13, 2026

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Question from Barry: I’ve been hearing the ads for Rapid Radios and I’m wondering if you think they’re really as good as they say they are?

They claim to be a lot better than cell phones because they work literally anywhere. Is that really true? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I speed up my mouse pointer?

Posted on April 8, 2026

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Question from Rhonda: It seems the mouse speed on my Windows computer needs to be adjusted.

It seems like it’s too slow or something.

I seem to remember long ago someone telling me this could be done. Is this possible?

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Q&A: How do I make Gmail automatically open the next message?

Posted on April 7, 2026

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Question from Manuel: First of all, I really like your newsletter, Rick. I’ve learned a lot from you.

I have a question that I haven’t seen you address before.

When I delete a message in Gmail it automatically takes me back to the Inbox. How do I make it automatically open the next message instead? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why do Windows PCs slow down over time?

Posted on April 5, 2026

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Question from Michael: I’ve noticed that every Windows computer I’ve ever owned runs lightning fast when I first take it out of the box, but before long they always seem to start slowing down.

Why do they do that? Do the parts just wear out or what?

Is there anything that can be done to reverse the slowdown and get the PC running like new again? [Read more…]