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Q&A: Can you recommend a really good, but cheap laser printer?

Posted on October 14, 2019

Question from Marie: I love your site, Rick. I’ve been following it for over a year and I’ve learned a lot from you.

Thanks for all you do to help us tech-challenged older folks!

I’m hoping you can recommend a good, but relatively cheap laser printer.

I’ve been using inkjet printers ever since they replaced the old dot-matrix printers, but I’m really fed up with having to pay so much for ink cartridges.

I’ve been wanting to get a laser printer for a long time now but their prices always have always discouraged me from buying one. So I just kept on buying inkjet printers even though I despise them.

I was looking on Amazon last night and noticed that the prices of laser printers have dropped A LOT since I last checked them out (circa 2000 lol).

The thing is there are so many to choose from and I don’t want to make a mistake.

Can you recommend a good black and white laser printer that’s dependable, costs $200 or less, connects with Wi-Fi, will copy and scan, and also prints fast. [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there a way to silence a noisy mouse?

Posted on October 12, 2019

Question from Maggie: My computer is in our bedroom and my mouse makes a loud clicking sound that drives my husband up the wall when he’s trying to sleep.

I tried the instructions from several articles I found online about silencing the mouse in the Control Panel, but nothing works.

I believe the mouse itself is generating the clicking sound.

Do you know of any way to make it stop making that irritating clicking noise?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I make Windows open things with a single click?

Posted on October 12, 2019

Question from Frank M.: Rick, I have a laptop running Windows and I have a question about it.

I’m 73 years old and have terribly arthritic fingers which makes it extremely difficult for me to “double-click” on things to open them.

I read somewhere that you can change a setting that’ll make Windows open items with a single click, but I can’t find it. I’ll be much in your debt if you’d be so kind as to tell me how to set it up. Can you tell me how?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: I installed a new plugin on my WordPress blog and now it load. How do I fix it?

Posted on October 10, 2019

Question from Cara G: I installed a new plugin on my my WordPress and now my blog won’t load at all. All I get is an error message.

To make matters worse I can’t even get to the control panel to delete the plugin.

I’m in a panic here. How can I fix this?

Rick’s answer: This is a common issue, Cara. Unfortunately, this happens often. And as you have discovered, when it happens it can cause one to panic.

Luckily, there’s a very easy fix for this issue that almost always works. All you have to do is use an FTP utility to delete the problem plugin from your WordPress installation. Here’s how: [Read more…]