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If you’re a blogger you probably depend on email to communicate with your readers, your advertisers and any other folks that you talk to in the course of writing and managing your blog.
And chances are you even use email to deliver an informational newsletter to your subscribers.
If you’ve noticed that many (or even most) of your emails are being ignored, there’s a good chance that your email server has somehow landed in an email blacklist database. [Read more…]
Question from Oliver: I just read your article about replacing a hard drive with an SSD and I have a question about it.
I remember hearing that upgrading the graphics card in a computer can sometimes require a power supply upgrade as well because the newer graphics card will draw more power than the old one.
My question is do I need to be concerned about the power supply if I replace the hard drive in my computer with an SSD?
I recently received a message from a reader asking if the “fix-all” programs that keeping popping up in ads on his computer will really help fix the issues he’s having with it.
Here is his message in full, followed by my response… [Read more…]
Snapchat has quickly become one of the most popular social networking sites on the web thanks to its “disappearing photos” feature, and it is especially popular among teenagers.
If you aren’t familiar with how Snapchat works, it lets you send a photo to a friend that will only remain on his/her screen for a given length of time, then it disappears.
That means you can share potentially embarrassing, or even incriminating photos with your friends with no risk attached, right?
Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. [Read more…]
Question from Bailey: Hi, Rick. I have a bad problem and I need help ASAP.
I was browsing Facebook last night and clicked on a link that caught my attention. As soon as I clicked it my screen went solid blue and the computer froze up completely.
I finally just unplugged it and it booted back up into Windows, but now none of my programs will open. It’s running real slow too.
I’m sure the link I clicked probably put a virus on my system but my Norton antivirus software won’t open so I can’t run a scan.
Is there anything I can do to fix this problem besides just buying a new computer? [Read more…]