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If you’re a regular Facebook user, you know their developers love making changes to the way their mobile app works.
Just about the time we get used to something, they go and change it on us.
For me, one of the most irritating changes they’ve ever made is forcing external links to open in the in-app browser instead of my device’s default browser.
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Have you ever tried to find a web page you had visited in the recent past but you couldn’t remember the title of the page or even the name of the website it was on?
I often find myself needing to revisit pages I’ve visited, and I’ve discovered a handy little trick that usually helps me find them in just a few seconds: Searching the browser history!
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Question from Arnold: I’m an early riser and my wife always sleeps later than I do.
When I turn my HP laptop on in the mornings the sound it makes while it’s starting up sometimes wakes her up.
I’m getting tired of her being grumpy all day when that happens.
Is there a way to turn that sound off and make the laptop boot up silently? [Read more…]
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Question from Manuel: I have a blog with a sticky post that I update every day with a few news headlines and a new photo.
The page’s URL is the only thing that stays the same.
When I try to share the updated post on Facebook it always shows the old version of the post instead of the new one.
Why is this happening? [Read more…]
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If you use a Windows PC there will likely come a time when you need to start up Windows in Safe Mode for trouble-shooting purposes.
Which brings up a question you might be asking…
What is Safe Mode?
When you boot up Windows into Safe Mode only the bare essentials of the operating system are loaded.
Only the system’s basic hardware drivers are loaded, and no programs listed in the Startup folder are allowed to load and run.
In a nutshell, Safe Mode makes it much easier to troubleshoot and fix software problems such as bad drivers, corrupted Windows files, really viruses and a lot more.
How to boot Windows into Safe Mode [Read more…]