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Q&A: Can you ‘Undo’ a System Restore on a Windows PC?

Posted on October 9, 2025

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Question from Edward: Hello, Rick. Love your site! I hope you can answer a question for me.

I downloaded a game onto my Dell laptop a few days ago and I immediately started getting lots of pop-up ads on my screen.

I uninstalled the game but I’m still getting the pop-ups. I read in a Windows forum that a System Restore should fix the problem but that there are no guarantees.

My question is can a System Restore be reversed if it doesn’t fix the problem (0r if causes more problems)? [Read more…]

Q&A: Should I move my PC’s Page File from the SSD to a hard drive?

Posted on October 8, 2025

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Question from Braden: Hello, Rick. I recently took your advice and added an SSD to my three year old desktop computer.

I left the original hard drive installed as a data drive which begs the following question:

Do you recommend leaving the Page File on the SSD or moving it to the hard drive? [Read more…]

Amazon Prime Day is here. And as always, it’s awesome (because the savings are huge)

Posted on October 6, 2025

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Well, today Amazon kicks off Prime Day 2025, and this year it’s bigger and better than ever because it’s a two day event (October 7-8).

If you’re new to shopping at Amazon, Prime Day is a veritable shopper’s holiday with steep discounts and special deals in virtually every category. It’s almost like Black Friday has arrived early!

Whether you need a new laptop, a new recliner, an entire new wardrobe or virtually anything else that Amazon sells, you’re sure to find a fantastic deal waiting for you during this Prime Day period.

If you’re already a Prime member you’re all set. Just head over to the Amazon Home page and start shopping. You’ll see the huge discounts offered right on the item details pages.

If you aren’t yet a Prime member and you’d like to take advantage of this rare opportunity, simply head over to the Amazon Prime page and sign up. In addition to the special discounts and deals available during this two day event, you’ll also qualify for all of the many outstanding Prime benefits for an entire year.

I’ve been a Prime member for years and I’ve never regretted it for a second. And Prime Day is one of the many reasons why!

Bonus tip: You can check a great selection of the awesome Prime Day deals that are available right here.

Scam alert: Beware scammers using AI to create fake adult content (possibly featuring you)

Posted on October 6, 2025

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Back in 2023 the FBI posted a warning about scammers stealing photos from innocent victims’ social media profiles and using them to blackmail and/or otherwise extort money and other things of value from them.

Once a scammer has downloaded a victim’s photos they use artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake explicit photos and videos based upon the photos stolen from the victim’s profile.

These “deep fake” images and videos are so realistic the average person is likely to believe they are real. [Read more…]

Here’s the best way to open a link in a new browser tab

Posted on October 5, 2025

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If you’re like me you probably want many of the links you click to open in a new browser tab.

Most people do this in one of two ways:

1 – Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the link.

or…

2 – Right-click on the link, then click on Open link in new tab.

Both of those methods work great in the browsers that support them, but there’s an even better way to get a link to open in a new tab… [Read more…]