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None of us enjoy thinking about our own passing, but there are some things that we really should prepare for in advance such as purchasing a life insurance policy and writing a will.
While some folks might think it frivolous, it’s also important to plan for what you want to happen to your social media accounts after you pass on. [Read more…]
Question from Rita: When I first got my iPhone the websites I viewed in Safari loaded real fast.
But lately I’ve noticed that they’re loading a lot slower than they used to.
I guess it could be a virus, but if it is the only thing it seems to be affecting is Safari. Everything else appears to be working normally.
What could be causing Safari to run so slowly now? [Read more…]
Question from Larry: I read your post explaining the advantages of installing an SSD a while back and I’ve wanted one ever since to go in my HP desktop PC.
I ended up buying a 120GB SSD (I got it for $20!) and installed it as the boot drive in my HP desktop computer. I left the 750GB hard drive in there for extra storage.
I installed Windows 10 from scratch on the SSD and now I’m ready to install my programs. The thing is with only 120GB of space on the SSD it won’t hold anywhere near all of my programs.
I have a couple of questions for you:
1 – Which programs should I install on the SSD and which ones should I leave on the hard drive?
2 – Should I leave the original Windows 10 files on the hard drive or is it safe to delete them to free up that space?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
I receive frantic messages on a regular basis from folks asking for help getting back into their Facebook accounts because they have somehow gotten locked out of them.
Sometimes I’m able to help them reset their password and log back in with no problems, but all too often a simple password reset doesn’t work for them.
And sadly, in situations like this Facebook’s “Account Recovery” tools can be pretty close to useless. [Read more…]
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Question from Marla: I have an older HP laptop with Windows 7 that’s got really slow over the years.
I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux and since Windows 7 is no longer safe to use I’d really like to do that.
I don’t use this laptop for anything but Facebook so I believe it’ll work out just fine.
The thing is this laptop only has a 320GB hard drive in it. Is that enough space to hold Linux or will I need to replace the hard drive with a bigger one? [Read more…]