Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Sue: Yesterday I started getting emails from several websites that I mostly infrequently use or don’t use at all, such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Instagram.
But now I’ve received two more emails from two websites (AirBnB and eBay) that I DO use.
These emails were all in regard to resetting my password – either the password was already changed or a request to change it.
I’m confused about what’s going on and what I need to do?
Question from Carlos: I found a really nice laptop online that I’m planning to buy, but I have a question that I’m hoping you can answer for me before I place the order.
This laptop comes standard with Windows 11 Home edition installed on it, but I can get it with Windows 11 Pro instead for $90 extra.
Do you think paying extra for the Pro upgrade is worth it? [Read more…]
Question from Bonnie: Can I delete am unwanted conversation from Facebook Messenger without opening it first?
Rick’s answer: I love questions like this, Bonnie. Short, and directly to the point!
Luckily, it’s very easy to delete any Messenger conversation without having to open it first.
How you do that depends on how you’re accessing your Facebook messages. Just follow the steps below that match the device you’re using. [Read more…]
Question from Michael: Hi, Rick. I look forward to getting your newsletter every morning. I’m fairly tech savvy but I almost always learn something new.
I susbscribe to several other Substack newsletters in addition to yours and I’ve noticed something. In every case the newsletter homepage resembles a blog.
What I mean is all the old newsletter issues are listed there so people can read them online as articles.
So that brings me to my question: Is Substack primarily a newsletter platform or a blogging platform? [Read more…]
Question from Charles: I updated my PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a while back.
Ever since then I’ve been getting “User Account Control” warnings several times a month, and I ALWAYS get them when I’m trying to install something new or make a simple settings change.
I can’t seem to do hardly anything at all with getting hit with a warning.
I know that UAC is meant to prevent me from doing something stupid and trashing my system, but I’m an experienced user and I know which types of things I need to avoid.
My question is do you think it would be safe to disable UAC? I really don’t think I need it. [Read more…]