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Question from Carol: I recently found out that LastPass has been hacked several times. That has me really nervous about using them.
I’m trying to delete my account but I can’t find a way to do it.
Can you give me directions for deleting my LastPass account? [Read more…]
Update: I originally wrote this review back in February of 2021, but I recently received a request to check this service out again to see if anything has changed.
I’m always happy to accommodate requests like this so I decided to give it another try.
Well, I discovered that there are indeed a couple of things that have changed: [Read more…]
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Question from Kayla: I spilled a large glass of coke all over my keyboard.
After I saw what I had done I immediately unplugged the power cable from the computer and disconnected the keyboard from the USB port.
I’m not worried about the keyboard since they’re so cheap, but it’s the tower that has me worried.
Do you think I can just buy a new keyboard and plug it in or do you recommend having the computer checked out by a repair shop first to make sure it’s not damaged? [Read more…]
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You’ve probably seen Amazon gift cards
Chances are you have actually bought one of them to give away as a gift. Gift cards really do make great gifts, especially at this time of year.
It’s easy just hand the recipient to someone in person, but what if you want to give one to someone that lives somewhere far away? [Read more…]
Do the videos on your X Timeline start playing automatically just as soon as they scroll into view?
If so, that’s due to a Video Autoplay feature that causes videos to begin playing on their own without any prompting from the user.
Personally, I don’t really like autoplaying videos in general. I prefer to choose for myself whether to play a video or not.
If you don’t care for X’s Video Autoplay feature you can easily turn it Off. [Read more…]