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Q&A: If I hide my WiFi network’s name will I still be able to connect to it?

Posted on June 15, 2021

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Question from Jennie: I overheard a conversation the other day that really interested me, and I want to see what you think about it.

A young man told his friend that hiding the WiFi network name in his router would prevent his neighbors from finding and connecting to the Internet over his network.

I live in an apartment building and I’m pretty sure I have this same problem right now.

I’d like to follow that guy’s advice but I want to make sure I can connect new devices of my own (as well as those of friends) to my WiFi network with the network name hidden. Will I be able to?

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Q&A: How can I prevent Windows 10 from hiding the scroll bars in Windows apps?

Posted on June 9, 2021

Question from Tammy: Every time I load a Windows app on my Windows 10 laptop the scroll bar over on the right remains hidden until I move my mouse over it.

This happens every time I use any app I have downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

I have a health issue that makes it hard for me to control the placement of the mouse so I have trouble activating the scroll bar.

Can you tell me how to keep Windows from hiding the scroll bars?

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Q&A: Is there a cheap way to block nuisance calls on my landline phone?

Posted on June 9, 2021

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Question from Ellen L.: I can block calls from certain phone numbers with my smart phone, but I also have a landline telephone that I’d like to be able to do that with as well.

I receive a lot of nuisance calls on that line, but the phone company wants to charge me a monthly fee that adds up to well over a hundred dollars a year to block them for me.

Do you know of a service or device that I can get that’ll let me block calls from the nuisance numbers that call me the most often without having to pay a big monthly fee?

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Q&A: How do I cancel my Zoom subscription?

Posted on June 4, 2021

Question from Kendall: A few days ago I read your warning about how the login credentials for thousands of Zoom accounts are actively being sold on the dark web.

I wish I had found out about this before I signed up for a paid subscription. Better late than never (I hope!).

I’m sort of in a panic right now because Zoom – and possibly the hackers – has my debit card information.

I’d like to cancel my Zoom subscription but I can’t find a way to do it.

Can you tell me how to cancel it (or at least give me the link to the page where I do it)?

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