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How to easily monitor airline flights in real time

Posted on June 7, 2026

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Have you ever watched an airliner fly over your house and wonder where it came from and where it was headed?

Or perhaps you’ve waited in an airport terminal on pins and needles for what seemed like an eternity because the flight your loved one was on was long overdue?

Well, now you can visit an amazing website called FlightRadar24 and monitor many passenger flights in real time as you literally watch the planes “fly” across the map on their way to their destinations!

Monitoring a particular flight is easy. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]

Q&A: Can you help me get back into my LastPass account?

Posted on June 6, 2026

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Question from Nancy: I have a big problem Rick, and I really need your help.

I tried logging into LastPass this morning and it wouldn’t let me. Every time I try it says my master password is incorrect even though I know it isn’t.

Do you know of any way I can get it to let me log back in? [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I make my laptop shut down when I close the lid?

Posted on June 5, 2026

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Question from Trevor: Rick, I have an HP laptop running Windows 11.

When I close the lid it goes into sleep mode, but I’d rather have it just shut down all the way because I’m usually going to just leave it in my laptop bag and not use it for a while.

Is there a way to make it do that? Thanks. [Read more…]

Warning: More Macs are now getting infected with malware

Posted on June 4, 2026

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For years, Mac owners were led to believe that their computers were immune from malware infections.

In fact, if you asked them for an opinion on the best antivirus protection, chances are the response would be “Buy a Mac”.

But truth be told, Macs were never “immune” from catching malware at all. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why does my browser’s Bookmarks bar keep disappearing?

Posted on June 3, 2026

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Question from Renée: I hope you can help me with a problem I’m having.

Sometimes when I’m on the Internet the Bookmarks bar will just disappear and I have to go into the browser settings to put it back.

Have you ever heard of this? [Read more…]