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Question from Howard L.: Rick, I’m hoping you can help me out. After Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP I decided to install Windows 8.1 on my HP Pavilion dv4000 CTO laptop. I really love this computer and I hate to give it up!
Since this PC is so old I didn’t know how well it would work with Windows 8.1, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It actually seems to run faster than it did with XP. But there’s one problem. [Read more…]
Question from Tina L.: When I read a message in WhatsApp on my iPhone 6 it tells the person who sent it that I have read it.
I don’t like that because there are times when I’d rather the person not know that I have read their message. Can you tell me how to disable Read Receipts in WhatsApp? My phone has iOS 8 on it.
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Question from Todd H.: The hard drive went out on my HP Pavilion dm1-4010us Notebook computer.
I replaced the bad drive with one that I had taken out of an older laptop but I had to order a Windows Restore DVD from HP so I could put Windows back on it.
When the Restore DVD arrived I went to install it and found out the screen is bad too. After considering all my options, I decided that I’d like to just trash the laptop and build a desktop computer from scratch. If I do that will I be able to install the Windows 7 from the HP Restore DVD onto the new computer?
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Update: I have removed the links in this post because that website has started pushing necessary “driver update” utilities and removed the actual drivers from the page.
I will search for another legitimate source for MX-80 drivers for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 and post the links here if I’m able to find one.
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Question from Carol: Hi there Rick! Thanks for all of these awesome tips you post every day! I have one quick, short question for you. If I decline a Facebook invitation to an event will the person who sent me the invitation know that I declined it?
I find myself facing this dilemma almost every day because I have lots of friends who are always inviting me to something or another. I don’t want to cause any hurt feelings, you know?
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