Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Can I safely disable User Account Control in Windows?

Posted on July 17, 2024

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…]

Try this when your WiFi devices can’t connect to the Internet

Posted on July 17, 2024

If you’ve been using the Internet for a while, chances are you’ve had trouble getting your computer or a mobile device to make or keep a working Internet connection at some point in the past.

While they can be quite irritating, many Internet connection problems can be fixed with a simple reboot procedure.

It might take you a few minutes to reboot all of your Internet-related devices, but it’s a simple procedure that will fix most any transient glitch that happens to afflict your local network. Here’s how to do it the right way: [Read more…]

5 reasons why I’ll never buy an expensive phone

Posted on July 16, 2024

As you probably know, one can easily spend north of $1,000 for a new top-of-the-line smartphone these days.

And truth be told, you could well be one of the countless individuals who regularly spend that much every time you buy a new phone.

Let me say right out of the gate that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

This is America after all, and we’re all entitled to spend our hard-earned money on whatever suits our fancy. [Read more…]

How to quickly deactivate every WordPress plugin at once

Posted on July 16, 2024

In my opinion, WordPress is the most powerful blogging platform out there. And truth be told, it’s also one of the easiest to use.

There are times however when something goes wrong and your blog simply refuses to load in a web browser.

If you’re new to WordPress it can be quite frightening the first time you see the dreaded “white screen of death” – the stark, solid white error page that WordPress displays when it encounters what it deems to be a catastrophic error. [Read more…]