Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Question from Edwin: My old Windows XP computer that I really love finally died and I had no choice but to buy a new computer.
I’d been dreading having to switch to Windows 10 but after using it for a while I’ve found out I actually like it.
But one thing about it really irritates me. I hate having all those notification messages pop up at random times in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Is there any way to turn those notifications off?
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Question from Heather G.: The Chrome browser on my Windows 10 PC keeps crashing on me.
Sometimes it’ll just freeze and other times the window just blanks out and turns white. It happens every time I load Chrome, but sometimes it’ll take a couple of minutes.
I tried to uninstall Chrome using the “Add or remove program” thingy in Control Panel, but it gives me this error message:
“Please close all Google Chrome windows and try again.”
It does this even though there are no Chrome windows open. Rebooting doesn’t help either. How can I delete Chrome from my computer so I can reinstall it?
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Question from Lindsey F.: Hi Rick. I’m hoping you can give me a recommendation for a really good mouse that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
When I bought my first computer I was told to always use a really good mouse.
I was also told that I needed to stay away from cheap ones because they don’t last very long and you end up spending more money in the long run.
Long story short, I’ve bought 3 mice in the last 5 years and none of them lasted very long at all. The last one I bought cost me over $70 and it only lasted about a year!
Can you recommend a really good mouse that costs less that $25? I don’t need a bunch of bells and whistles, just a mouse that works well and won’t stop working after just a few months.
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Question from Kim W.: I have a WordPress blog and lots of people are leaving comments on my posts that contain links.
How can I prevent the URLs in those comments from automatically becoming active links?
I really don’t want hackers leaving links to malicious websites via comments on my blog posts!
Thanks for your help.
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Question from Brittney P.: I have a question that I’ve been wanting the answer to for a long time and nobody seems to know the answer. Now that I’ve found this site I’ll ask you.
I’ve noticed that the drive letters in computers always start with “C” and go up from there?
There doesn’t seem to be an “A” drive or a “B” drive. Can you tell me why that is?
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