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Q&A: How can I remove old Wi-Fi networks from my laptop in Windows 10?

Posted on February 19, 2016

Question from Cindy P.: I love your blog Rick, and I really appreciate all the great info you provide.

I’ve been following RicksDailyTips for a long time, and now I have question for you.

My company is expanding rapidly and I’ve spent the last 5 months travelling from city to city helping train all the new hires in our stores.

My laptop now has a long list of Wi-Fi networks from the hotels I’ve been staying in. I know I’ll never be staying in most of those hotels again so I’d like to remove those wireless networks.

Can you tell me how to do that? My laptop is a Dell and it’s running Windows 10.

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Q&A: How do I disable my ‘Frequently Visited Sites’ in Safari?

Posted on February 1, 2016

Question from Amanda: My 7 year old son frequently uses my iPad to get on his school’s website, and every time he loads Safari it lists the sites I’ve been visiting on the “Frequently Visited Sites” page.

I’d really like to turn that off because I’d rather not have him seeing which websites I visit. Can you tell me how to prevent the “Frequently Visited Sites” from showing up?

Rick’s answer: Amanda, iOS 9 makes it very easy to prevent Safari from showing your frequently visited sites. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]

Q&A: Windows 10 keeps nagging me for feedback. How can I stop it?

Posted on January 14, 2016

Question from Tilda J.: I finally got around to upgrading my computer to Windows 10, and at least once a day I get a message asking me how I like it.

I haven’t used Windows 10 long enough to form a firm opinion, but all these nagging feedback messages aren’t helping me form a good one.

How can I stop Windows 10 from pestering me for feedback?

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Q&A: What’s the best gaming router for multiple devices and a Gigabit Internet connection?

Posted on January 11, 2016

netgear-nighthawk-x8-router Question from Sean P.: I have a twin brother and our birthday is coming up soon. Our grandfather has agreed to buy us a new router and we can pick the one we want.

What we’re looking for is the best (fastest) router to connect our gaming PCs and Xbox to the Internet (and to one another). Our family also has several TVs, phones and tablets that we use a lot. We do a lot of streaming on Netflix and Hulu too.

We have a Verizon FiOS Gigabit Internet connection and we’d like to be able to use all of the available bandwidth. Can you recommend a router that will work best for us?

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Q&A: What happened to the Three Finger Drag in OSX El Capitan?

Posted on January 5, 2016

Question from Ted M.: I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro from OSX Yosemite to El Capitan and now I can’t find the Three Finger Drag option in System Preferences.

Has Apple done away with the Three Finger Drag gesture in El Capitan, or is this a bug? I really miss it.

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