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Question from Louis: I’d been having trouble with Windows on my Acer computer so I went online looking for a solution.
I wasn’t having much luck with my search but then I happened to stumble across your post about replacing Windows with Linux.
Well, it intrigued me, and after thinking about it for a while I held my breath and installed Linux Mint. I chose Mint over the others because you said it works a lot like Windows. [Read more…]
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Question from Brandon: A while back I bought this Canon EOS Rebel T7 camera that came with a standard 18-55mm zoom lens.
I’m happy with that lens, but I think I’ll need a different one before long.
I want to take up portrait photography and I’ve read that prime lenses are better than zoom lenses for that.
I was hoping you could recommend a really good portrait lens that’ll work with my camera. [Read more…]
Question from Mona: My 20 year old son came in to visit me for the weekend and he borrowed my computer while he was here.
After he left I noticed that the default search engine in my Chrome browser had been changed from Google to Bing.
I really prefer Google so I’d appreciate it a bunch if you can tell me how to switch it back. What do I need to do? [Read more…]
Question from Kandi: I bought my 9 year old son a new laptop for his birthday. He loves it and uses it every day.
The problem is I have already had to take it to the Geek Squad twice to fix issues he caused by changing some system settings.
I know that’s what he’s doing because I saw him using the Settings app.
Is there a way to disable the Settings app on his computer to prevent that from happening again? I really need to preserve my sanity! [Read more…]
Question from Marilyn: Rick, I’ve bought several new computers over the years and they all came with an antivirus program pre-installed.
I’ve always just kept using what was already on there because I figured it was probably the best antivirus program for that particular machine, but I now have doubts about that after reading some of your stuff on your blog.
Hence, this question: Is it best to stick with the security software that comes pre-installed on a new computer or replace it with something else?