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Q&A: How do I recover a hijacked LastPass account?

Posted on March 8, 2022

Question from Louise: I’m in serious trouble Rick, and I need your help ASAP.

Almost two weeks ago I heard my brother was in a car wreck and he wasn’t expected to live.

I grabbed a few things and threw them in a suitcase and flew out to Utah to try to see him before he passed away.

I didn’t make it in time to see him but I spent 5 days out there with my family and came back home the day after the funeral.

When I got home I saw that my house had been broken into and ransacked. They took almost everything of value including both of my computers and my iPad.

Can you help me with a serious problem I’m having with LastPass? [Read more…]

Q&A: Will Windows let you change a file’s creation date?

Posted on March 6, 2022

Question from Gary: I’m getting ready to turn over a bunch of files to another party and I don’t want him to know exactly when these particular files were created.

Don’t worry, there’s nothing illegal or immoral going on here, we’re just doing a business deal and I don’t want the files’ creation dates to become an issue.

Is there any way to change a file’s creation date with a Windows computer? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I copy photos from my iPhone to a laptop?

Posted on March 3, 2022

Question from Donna: My iPhone’s storage is almost full because of all the pictures and videos that are on it.

I want to copy all the existing photos and videos from the phone to my HP Envy 13 (2019) Windows laptop and then delete them from the iPhone to make room for new ones.

I know I could upload them to iCloud and then download them onto my computer, but I don’t trust cloud storage and I never use it. I have iCloud syncing disabled and I’d really prefer to keep it that way.

Can you tell me how to transfer the photos and videos from the iPhone to my laptop without using iCloud? [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I stop my neighbor from stealing my electricity?

Posted on March 2, 2022

Question from William: I have a detached garage that has a 120 volt electrical outlet that’s accessible from the outside.

On cold nights (which we have lots of here in Wisconsin) my jerk of a neighbor likes to plug his diesel truck’s block heater into that outlet with a long extension cord.

I’ve told him to stop doing this on three different occasions because I don’t like him running up my electric bill.

He’ll stop, but then a few days later he goes right back to doing it.

I’m thinking about temporarily connecting 240 volts to that outlet (which would be very easy to do in the garage’s breaker panel) to destroy his truck’s block heater and teach him a lesson. Do you think that would work? [Read more…]