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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, December 23, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to verify that ‘Reputation-Based Protection’ is enabled on your PC
• Windows 11 is tracking your every move. Here’s how to stop it.
• Did you know Google is an excellent ‘site search’ tool? drive?
• ‘I Saw The Light’ is one of the most popular gospel songs of all time. It might surprise you to learn who wrote it.
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Today’s quick tech tip….
How to verify that ‘Reputation-Based Protection’ is enabled on your PC
Windows 11 comes with a fantastic set of protections against potentially malicious apps and other potential threats.
The settings for these protections all fall under the umbrella of ‘Reputation-Based Protection’ and they are usually enabled by default on Windows 11 machines.
However, not all PCs have every setting enabled right out of the box, and I’ve seen some new systems that has all of them disabled when I checked.
Luckily, it’s very easy to verify that all of your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC’s ‘Reputation-Based Protection’ settings are enabled. Just follow these steps:
1 – Click the Start button and type the word reputation, then select Reputation-based protection from the list of search results.
2 – Make sure every slider on this screen is set to On and every box is checked.
Note: I prefer to keep every setting on this screen enabled but you do have the option of picking and choosing which settings (if any) that you’d rather have turned off.
That’s all there is to it. Now you can rest assured that your PC’s ‘Reputation-Based Protection’ settings are set exactly the way you want them.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Windows 11 is tracking your every move. Here’s how to stop it.
All it takes is a few clicks of the mouse.
• Did you know Google is an excellent ‘site search’ tool?
And it’s very easy to use.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Rick’s Daily Pick…
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
It sure surprised me.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• LastPass got hacked again, and this time it affects customers
• This robocall company may face the largest fine ever proposed by FCC
• iPhone 14 horizontal lines upon waking? It’s not a hardware fault, says Apple
• Judge tells 30-year-old SBF to move back in with parents on $250 million bail
• Overclockers surpassed the elusive 9GHz clock speed. Here’s how they did it
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