Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Do I need to upgrade to a WiFi6 router?

Posted on December 27, 2021

Question from Carrol: The other day there was a man on the news talking about new routers that use something called WiFi6.

To be honest I didn’t really understand what he was talking about because he was using a lot of technical terms that went right over my head.

The takeaway from that interview was that some people could benefit from upgrading to a WiFi6 router right away while others can wait a while.

The thing is I don’t know whether I need to upgrade or not. What do I need to know in order to decide? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is Safari loading pages so slowly on my iPhone?

Posted on December 26, 2021

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…]

Q&A: How do I decide which programs to install on a small SSD?

Posted on December 25, 2021

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…]

Scam alert: Those ‘Is it you in this video?’ messages are dangerous scams

Posted on December 22, 2021

If it seems like the scammers and hoaxsters never take a break from Facebook, it’s because they really don’t.

At any point in time there are numerous scammers sitting around trying to think up new ways to scam innocent Facebook users.

And as is usually the case, there’s a particularly dangerous scam making the rounds right now via Facebook Messenger.

But luckily, as dangerous as this scam is, it’s extremely easy to recognize and avoid it when you see it.

[Read more…]