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Q&A: How can protect my important work files from accidental deletion?

Posted on May 31, 2024

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Question from Ellen: Hi, Rick. I’m a freelance graphic artist and I do all of my work on a Dell desktop computer running Windows 11.

I have hundreds of images that have either already been delivered to the customer or waiting to be delivered, and about a dozen more that are works in progress.

The problem is my husband and daughter also use this computer for Facebook, homework and games. I’m deathly afraid that my important files might get deleted somehow.

Is there a dependable and secure way to make sure they don’t end up getting deleted somehow? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why are the files I delete not going into the Recycle Bin?

Posted on May 29, 2024

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Question from Matthew: I have a Dell laptop that I upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11.

Before the upgrade, whenever I would delete a file it went into the “Recycle Bin” where I could recover it later if I wanted to.

But now under Windows 11, all the files that I delete are gone forever and nothing ever gets placed into the Recycle Bin.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]

10 powerful blogging tips for beginners

Posted on May 29, 2024

Anyone can start a blog in a few minutes, but if you want to market an existing business or start a new one with your blog, you’ll need to be more strategic.

In this list of tips for new bloggers, you’ll find the ideas that we’ve found to be the most helpful in professional blogging. [Read more…]

Strategies for producing outstanding essays in Economics

Posted on May 29, 2024

Our present era, like any before it, throws its own complex questions into the economist’s fray: How to balance stability and progress? How to distribute finite resources in a fair manner?

The answers rarely come easily, often revealed only in retrospect. But the journey toward them cultivates an intellectual resilience, and an appreciation for life’s endemic tensions.

Take heart, brave scholar! Even economics essays can reflect a deeper current of creativity, their knowledge-laden paragraphs yielding to flights of candy-striped prose. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I remove the previews from my Gmail inbox?

Posted on May 28, 2024

Question from Paul: I recently switched my email from another service to Gmail and I have a question that I hope you can answer.

My Gmail inbox shows short previews of the email text beside each email’s subject line.

I’ve found that the previews make the screen look crowded and they are distracting to me.

Can you please tell me how to disable the previews so I’ll see nothing but the subject lines? [Read more…]