Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Question from Kevin A.: Hi Rick. First of all, I really love your blog. What a wonderful service you’re providing to those of us who struggle with technology!
I have a WordPress blog of my own and the sidebar widgets sort of run together because they all have a white background.
How can I give my own sidebar widgets a light gray background color like the widgets on your blog?
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Many of the tips I’ve written explain the importance of creating regular System Image backups in case your PC’s hard drive ever fails or some other catastrophe wipes out your Windows installation.
It really is important to always have a recent backup on hand for those unexpected emergency situations, but one of my blog’s faithful readers recently pointed out that I have never explained how to restore a PC from a System Image backup. The purpose of this post is to correct that oversight.
The procedure for restoring from a System Image is pretty much the same for both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Simply ensure that you have either a System Repair Disc or a USB Recovery Drive along with a recent System Image backup at the ready, then follow the steps below: [Read more…]
Are you racking your brain trying to think of the perfect gift for someone you love?
If so, I have a suggestion for you…
Why not give them a portable jump starter for their vehicle?
If you’ve ever been stranded on the side of road with a dead battery, you know how frustrating it can be having to wait for an expensive tow-truck to come and jump start your vehicle.
Even worse, if it happens after dark it can even be down-right frightening! [Read more…]
Question from Bobby: I need some fast help Rick. I updated a plugin on my WordPress blog and now none of the pages will load! This is NOT a good thing because I don’t make any money when my blog isn’t up.
When I visit the site all I get is a blank page with the words “500 Internal Server Error” on it. I can’t even log in to the dashboard to disable the bad plugin!
Do you know of any other way to clear this error message and get my blog back up? It’s been down for two whole days already! Please help me ASAP if you don’t mind!!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Have you noticed that your computer has been running slower, displaying pop-up ads or exhibiting other strange behavior of late?
If so, the reason could be “junkware” such as toolbars, adware, browser hijackers and/or other malware items have infected your PC with their digital crud.
While most high-quality anti-malware programs will detect and remove some of the most common junkware programs, they typically won’t catch them all.
But an awesome free tool called AdwCleaner (from the folks at Malwarebytes) will find and remove virtually all of the junkware that’s currently out there with just a couple of clicks! [Read more…]
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