Rick's Daily Tips

7 practical tips for extending the range, speed and security of your WiFi network

Posted on February 6, 2022

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Wireless routers make it very easy to share your high speed Internet connection with guests and family members.

They also make it easy to use your laptop or mobile devices in any room in the house without running cables all over the place.

But if you live in a large house and/or have multiple devices all using the Internet at the same time, chances are your WiFi connection is weaker and slower than it could be due to obstructions, distance and bandwidth limitations. [Read more…]

Q&A: Are those emails about the Equifax settlement real?

Posted on February 5, 2022

Question from Roger: I’ve heard that people are getting emails about an Equifax settlement in relation to the time they were hacked.

I’m confused because I thought that happened a long time ago. I’m thinking it might be a fraud.

Just wondering if those emails are real and if I should open it if I get one? [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I create a Restore Point for a time that’s already passed?

Posted on January 31, 2022

Question from Barry: Rick, I desperately need to create a System Restore Point for last Monday.

What happened was I downloaded a couple of torrent files last Tuesday and now my Windows 10 computer is all messed up.

I tried doing a System Restore back to the previous Monday, but the oldest Restore Point I see is from 4 days ago. Is there a way to create one for last Monday? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why won’t Windows 11 let me enable ReadyBoost?

Posted on January 23, 2022

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Question from Dale: I have always kept ReadyBoost enabled on a flash drive to speed up my Windows computers.

I’ve heard people say ReadyBoost doesn’t really help but it always seemed to make my PC’s run faster.

The problem is I can’t get it to work on this new Windows 11 laptop I just bought. [Read more…]