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Question from Mickie: My husband built me a small office in the corner of our basement so I can work down there away from the noise and commotion from the kids and the TV.
The problem is he didn’t install any electrical outlets in the new office and the closest existing outlet is about 70 feet away from it (there are only two outlets in the entire basement).
My question is would it be safe to run a 75 foot extension cord from that outlet into the new office? [Read more…]
Question from Kenny: Hi, Rick. I have a problem that I need help with.
I use Chrome as my main browser and it tends to load pages that have lots of photos at a snail’s pace.
I know this is a Chrome issue because the same pages load a lot faster in Edge and Firefox.
How can I make Chrome load photo-heavy pages faster than it does now? [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, April 28, 2022
• Q&A: How do I disable GPS tracking on my iPhone?
• How to disable the ‘Autocorrect’ feature in Windows 11
• An easy way to fool burglars into thinking you’re at home
• Video biography of Jana Jae, “The girl with the magic blue fiddle”
Question from Mark: Based upon your recommendation I bought a Brother laser printer about a year or so ago.
The starter toner cartridge that came with the printer finally ran out so I ordered a third-party cartridge from Amazon.
I installed it per the instructions but the printer’s LCD screen still says “Replace Toner”.
I guess that message me has a little concerned. Should I be? [Read more…]
Question from Fran: Rick, I need your help with a very strange problem.
I turned on my computer this morning and saw that somehow my Facebook had gotten switched to some language that I can’t understand.
I can’t figure out how to change it back to English because I can’t read the menus.
Can you help me get my Facebook account back to where it’s using English? [Read more…]