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Question from Kailey.: I need help, Rick.
Someone I don’t even know sent me a message on Facebook. He said he has my IP address and he’ll use it to get me into trouble if I don’t agree to accept his friend request.
I don’t know this man and I don’t want to become his friend. What kind of trouble can he cause for me if he really does know my IP address?
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Question from Jane C.: I made a huge mistake Rick and I hope you can help me.
I accidentally clicked “Format” on the wrong drive and ended up formatting a USB flash drive with over 100 important photos on it!
Is there any way to “unformat” a drive that was formatted by mistake? Or maybe there’s some other way to retrieve the files?
I’ll be heartbroken if I’ve lost all those pictures!
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Question from Kelly: I’m an admin on a large Facebook group that now has over 60,000 members.
This is a wonderful group that discusses ways for people to assist loved ones who suffer from a certain debilitating disease.
The problem is the person that created the group (who is also an admin) has stopped making useful posts and now posts nothing but SPAM. I have a feeling he’s selling posts on the group to third-party businesses.
My question is do you know of a way to kick that person out of the group and ban him? Everything I’ve read says I can’t but I thought maybe you know of a way to do it.
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Question from Phillip H.: I really enjoy your site, Rick. I’ve learned a lot by reading your tips. I hope you can help me solve problem I’m having.
I just bought three new HP desktop computers for my office and they all have Windows 10 on them.
When I was setting them up I uninstalled several pre-installed apps that I know my employees won’t need. But there are a couple of apps that I can’t uninstall because I can’t find a way to do it.
My question is do you know of a way to remove an app besides right-clicking on it and clicking “Uninstall”? The one I’d really like to remove is the Xbox app because I don’t want it on my office computers.
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Question from Jeanne: Hi Rick. I really like your site and all the useful info you provide. I’ve really learned a lot about computers since I started following it.
I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.
When I got to work this morning and started using my computer I noticed that Google is now putting little pictures in the search suggestions when I type something into the address bar.
This isn’t good because I deal with the public and they can see my screen while I’m working. I’d hate for a “bad” picture to pop up while I’m searching for something and have them see it.
Is there any way I can turn that off to keep the pictures from popping up when I search?
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