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WiFi 6 offers several important improvements over the earlier 802.11 b/g/n/ac generations of WiFi technology so I was eager to give this D-Link USB 3.0 AX1800 Dual Band WiFi 6 Adapter a try as soon as I found out it was available.
Question from Mallorie: I need some advice Rick, and it’s sort of a touchy situation.
We live in a duplex and our neighbor has a 14 year old son who bought a Straight Talk phone from my daughter.
The thing is she didn’t reset the phone before she sold it to him because he said he’d like to just take over her phone number, and she said that would be fine.
This phone still automatically connects to our WiFi network, and I know for a fact that he uses our WiFi a lot because he told my daughter that he does.
My question is do you think he could cause us any problems by piggybacking off of our wireless network? [Read more…]
Like Windows 7 and 8 before it, Windows 10 has a Taskbar Preview feature that is enabled by default.
As with most every other Windows feature, some folks love having a small preview of a window’s contents pop up when the mouse is hovered over a Taskbar button.
Others, myself included, find it a bit irritating.
If you find it irritating as well, you can ditch Taskbar Previews in Windows 10 by following the instructions below. But first, I must ask you to read my semi-standard disclaimer: [Read more…]
Question from Sherry: Hi, Rick. I was typing a homework assignment in Microsoft Word when the doorbell rang.
It was the pizza delivery guy with the pizza I had ordered for dinner.
Anyway, I was away from the computer for maybe 2 minutes but when I got back my 2 year old was playing with it.
I about freaked out when I saw her playing with the mouse, but as it turned out my Word document was just fine.
The thing is she somehow managed to move the Taskbar from its usual place at the bottom of the screen all the way to the top.
She’s only 2 years old! How in the world could she have done that?
Can you tell me how to move it back to where it belongs? [Read more…]
If you follow the news you’re probably aware of all the data breaches involving stolen passwords that have taken place of late.
The sad fact is there’s absolutely nothing you can do to prevent hackers from stealing your passwords and other sensitive info if they can somehow manage to break into the servers that are storing them.
About the only things you can do on your end is make sure you choose passwords that are secure and take care to avoid falling for phishing attempts.
But the above being said, there’s a very simply settings change you can make to most any online account that will keep hackers from logging into that account even if they somehow manage to get your password.