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Q&A: How can I see only questions that haven’t been answered yet on Quora?

Posted on August 18, 2018

Question from Michael E.: I recently started answering questions on Quora to drive traffic to my blog, and I’m really happy with the amount of visitors it’s sending me so far.

I’ve noticed that when I’m the first person to answer a question my answer will often remain at the top after other people add their answers. That’s why I prefer answering questions that haven’t been answered yet.

Do you know of a way to get Quora to display just the questions that haven’t been answered yet?

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Q&A: Why does Windows 10 keep changing my default printer?

Posted on August 18, 2018

Question from Darren S.: I love your blog Rick, especially the questions and answers section. I hope you can help me solve a problem I’m having since I upgraded to Windows 10.

I use two printers with my computer. The first one is an Epson inket that I use every now and then to print photos. The other is a Brother laser printer that I use to print most everything else.

With Windows 7 I could leave the laser printer as the default printer, then switch to the inkjet manually on the rare occasions when I need it. But I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and now every time I print to either printer, that printer gets set as the default printer.

I really want the laser printer to remain as the default and switch to the inkjet manually when I need it. Is there any way to stop Windows 10 from changing the default printer without my permission?

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Q&A: Can I safely disable ‘User Account Control’ in Windows 10?

Posted on August 17, 2018

Question from Charles E.: I updated my PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10 back in March 2016.

Ever since then I’ve been getting “User Account Control” warnings several times a month, and I ALWAYS get them when I’m trying to install something new or make a simple settings change.

I can’t seem to do hardly anything at all with getting hit with a warning.

I know that UAC is meant to prevent me from doing something stupid and trashing my system, but I’m an experienced user and I know which types of things I need to avoid.

My question is do you think it would be safe to disable UAC? I really don’t think I need it.

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Q&A: Will CCleaner run on a Macbook Pro?

Posted on August 17, 2018

Question from Helen S.: Hi Rick. Based upon your recommendation, I’ve been using CCleaner to keep my Windows laptop cleaned out and optimized for some time now. I really appreciate you telling us about things like this!

My daughter just bought a brand new MacBook Pro and I was wondering if CCleaner will work on it too? If it will I’m planning to buy her a copy and help her install it while she’s in for the holidays.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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Q&A: Which external USB hard drive enclosure do you recommend?

Posted on August 16, 2018

Question from Elizabeth W.: I just finished reading your post about converting an internal hard drive into an external drive. I never dreamed that it would be so easy!

I have a 1GB hard drive that came out of my old laptop when it died on me. The guy at the shop tested it and said it’s working fine.

I’d like to put that drive into an external enclosure and connect it to my new laptop that has Windows 10 and USB 3.0 ports.

When I clicked the link you posted to Amazon it listed a bunch of external USB enclosures and I have no clue which one I should buy. Can you recommend a good one that doesn’t cost a lot?

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