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Question from Mark: This morning I got in a huff and posted a nasty message on my friend’s Facebook Timeline.
A few minutes later I thought better of it and removed it.
I’m absolutely certain that she wasn’t on Facebook when the message was posted and deleted, so I know she never saw it.
Will Facebook notify my friend that I posted a message on her Timeline and then deleted it before she could see it?
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Question from Iris: I bought a new 27″ iMac about 9 months ago.
This is my first Apple computer and I really like it, but a few days ago I started having problems getting it to turn on.
Basically, nothing happens when I press the power button. But if I keep pressing the button over and over it’ll eventually turn on after about 10 – 12 button presses.
Is this something you can help me fix? [Read more…]
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Question from Richard: Hi, Rick. I hope you can answer a question for me.
I have an older Gateway desktop PC running Ubuntu Linux. The hard drive died and I want to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD).
My cousin is offering to sell me an unused 1TB SSD for about half what I’d have to pay for a new one. He bought it a while back but he no longer needs it because the computer he was going to put it in died.
My question is will this drive work in my computer? I’m asking because the old hard drive had a SATA II interface and the SSD I’m thinking about buying is SATA III. [Read more…]
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Question from Callie: I had a casual friend on Facebook who started leaving hateful comments on my posts after he found out that my politics are different than his.
It got so bad that I eventually got mad enough to block him.
But now I’m having second thoughts about blocking him because I recently found out that his daughter and my daughter are great friends in real life.
The reason I blocked him instead of just unfriending him was to make sure he wouldn’t be able to see my posts.
My question is will he be able to see my posts if I unblock him? [Read more…]
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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…]