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Q&A: Can I recover photos from a memory card that I formatted by accident?

Posted on December 11, 2020

Question from Gabby H.: Rick, I made a really stupid mistake and I’m hoping you can help me out of a jam.

I’m not a pro photographer or anything, but I do love taking pictures, and I take a lot of them.

I use my trusty Canon Powershot camera with two SD cards (I swap them out when the first one becomes full).

What happened is I accidentally formatted the wrong card and wiped out a ton of pictures that I really want to keep. Is there any way to get those pictures back?

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Q&A: What does a wireless router’s ‘Beamforming’ feature do?

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Question from Audrey: I’ve been needing a new wireless router for a while now and I recently began shopping online for one.

I’m pretty tech-savvy and I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about routers but there’s a term that I keep seeing that I’d never heard of before.

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Q&A: Does my computer have a bad RAM stick?

Posted on November 21, 2020

Question from Aaron G.: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) has started crashing at random times and displaying a blue screen with an error message.

The error message always says the PC ran into a problem and it needs to restart.

This line is always at the bottom of the error screen:

Stop Code MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Does that mean my computer has a bad RAM stick?

I took a picture of the error message with my phone and attached it to this email. Can you take a look at it and tell me what I need to do? Thanks.

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Q&A: Can I run my Android apps on a Windows PC?

Posted on November 20, 2020

Question from Kelly: I’ve heard it’s possible to run Android apps on a Windows computer.

I have a couple of questions:

1 – Is that true?

2 – If it is, how do I do it?

I have a couple of apps on my phone that I use a LOT and I’d love to be able to use them on my Acer laptop with Windows 10.

Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Kelly. And as it turns out you can indeed run Android apps on a Windows PC! [Read more…]