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Question from Arnold: I’m an early riser and my wife always sleeps later than I do.
When I turn my HP laptop on in the mornings the sound it makes while it’s starting up sometimes wakes her up.
I’m getting tired of her being grumpy all day when that happens.
Is there a way to turn that sound off and make the laptop boot up silently? [Read more…]
Question from Manuel: I have a blog with a sticky post that I update every day with a few news headlines and a new photo.
The page’s URL is the only thing that stays the same.
When I try to share the updated post on Facebook it always shows the old version of the post instead of the new one.
Why is this happening? [Read more…]
Question from Marcus: I know that some websites can see my location when I visit them with Chrome.
I know there are some sites that need to see my location (like Google Maps, for instance) but I’d rather keep my location hidden from the ones that don’t.
Is there a way to see which sites can see my location?
Also, is there a way to stop the ones that don’t need access to my location from seeing it? [Read more…]
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Question from Ben: Everyone I know that recently bought a computer ended up buying a laptop instead of a desktop computer.
Since no one is buying desktops anymore, why are they still bothering to make them?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Question from Alexis: Hi, Rick. I need to buy a USB WiFi adapter for my computer and I’d really like to use one of the small “nano” adapters like this one.
I really like those because they don’t stick out from the computer very much. I’m always afraid I’ll catch it on something and break it.
The thing is, I’ve heard that the small size might keep it from working as well as a full size adapter that has a long antenna. Is that something I need to worry about? [Read more…]