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Question from Lauren: I have an older Dell desktop PC with Windows 10 on it (upgraded from Windows 7).
It has always worked well, but I’ve recently started having a bit of trouble with it.
Sometimes when I’m typing something the Start menu will pop up all on it’s own just like I clicked on the Start button or pressed the Windows key (neither of which is the case when this happens). [Read more…]
Question from Kate: Can you tell me how to hide my photos from people who are not friends with me on Facebook?
I know I can see how my page looks to people who are not friends and it still shows my photos. Thank you!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Question from Freddie: Hi, Rick. I hope you can help me with a problem I’m having.
I’m needing to connect a desktop computer that’s in my basement to my router which is in my sunroom (on the far end of the ground floor of my house).
I tried using a USB Wi-Fi adapter but the signal was just too weak to maintain a usable connection. [Read more…]
Question from Jaimey: I opened a LinkedIn account a couple of years ago when I was thinking about switching jobs.
I never really used that account and I haven’t logged into it in forever.
I receive several emails a day from LinkedIn with updates and other stuff and it wastes my time having to delete them.
Since I never use this account I’d like to delete it. Can you tell me how?
Question from Rita: I have a question about WordPress is you don’t mind.
My daughter helped me set up a blog and I’m just now beginning to get the hang of things. I have a question though.
I see on other blogs where they have long posts split up into multiples pages with a link at the bottom to click to go to the next page. I’d like to do that on some of my own posts because they tend to be pretty long.
How do I split my posts up like that? [Read more…]