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Q&A: Can I retrieve a forgotten password from Chrome?

Posted on October 3, 2022

Question from Helen: I have an account with a popular online business forum and I’ve forgotten my password.

I can still log in because Chrome has stored the password, but I’m afraid something will happen and the password will disappear on me.

Even though the password is saved I can’t read it because all it shows is a bunch of asterisks.

I tried resetting the password by clicking the “Forgot Password?” link, but it isn’t working.

Is there any way to retrieve my current password from Chrome or am I just out of luck? [Read more…]

Posted on October 1, 2022

Question from Elian: Every time I open the Microsoft Store and try to search for an app it freezes up on me.

The only way it will close is if I kill it with the Task Manager.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]

Posted on September 30, 2022

Question from Roger: Rick, I followed your advice and replaced the hard drive in my laptop with a solid state drive (SSD).

I’m absolutely blown away by how much faster the laptop boots up and how much faster my programs load.

I do have one question though. I read in another forum that SSDs don’t get fragmented and they never need to be defragged. Is that true?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Posted on September 30, 2022

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Question from Robert: About a year ago I built a new gaming PC and installed Windows 11 on it.

A few days ago I installed this Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD thinking it would be a LOT faster than the hard drive.

Well, it isn’t. It actually takes forever for some games to load. [Read more…]