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Question from Anita.: Hi Rick. The battery in my HP laptop went bad and I need to order a new one.
When I looked up the model number for my laptop on Amazon a thousand choices for replacement batteries came up.
What really confuses me is the number of cells each battery has. Some have 4 cells, some have 6 and others have 9.
Are more cells better? [Read more…]
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Question from Alice: I bought a new HP desktop computer with Windows 10 and an Intel Core i5 CPU.
Overall, I really like this computer and I want to do everything I can to make it last as long as possible.
I’ve read that keeping a computer’s CPU cool can prevent it from over-heating and failing prematurely and that a liquid CPU cooler does the best job at that.
I want this computer to last as long as possible so I’m thinking about having my computer guy replace the existing CPU cooler with a liquid CPU cooler to keep the CPU as cool as possible while the computer is running.
I use this machine primarily for Internet (mostly Facebook and Pinterest) and watching Netflix as or playing an occasional game of “Words with Friends”.
Do you think that’s a good idea to replace the CPU cooler? [Read more…]
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Question from Roy: My question for you is, what is the difference between “Sharing” a post and “Copy and Pasting” it to your page?
I have asked this question to several folks who post and ask you to copy and past it.
I either never get an answer or I get one that I don’t understand.
Thanks so much Rick for your help on this. Have a great day.
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Question from Joyce: I recently bought a new computer with Windows 10 on it to replace my old Windows 7 laptop now that it’s no longer safe to use.
Thanks for the info you provided on that by the way.
My niece helped me set the new machine up while she was in for the holidays but now she’s gone back and she isn’t here to help me.
What I’m wanting to do is remove the login password that she put on it because I live alone and no one else has access to the computer.
Can you tell me how to remove that password? It’s a hassle having to enter it every time I turn the machine on.
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Question from Cathy H.: My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook and I really like it.
I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on.
Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook?
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