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Q&A: Can I put more than one System Image Backup on the same drive?

Posted on November 18, 2025

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Question from Julienne: Hello, Rick. I’m a long time reader of your blog and I’ve read your posts about making System Image backups with Windows.

Your instructions are very good and easy to follow.

I’ve made three backups so far for my laptop but I just noticed that there’s only one backup on my external hard drive. I’m assuming it’s the last one I made?

My question is can I store more than one backup on the same drive? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is my monitor shutting down while the computer is still running?

Posted on November 17, 2025

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Question from Myron: I have a 3 year old Dell desktop PC that I recently updated to Windows 11 and it started giving me a problem a couple of days ago.

Now when I turn on the computer it will run fine for a while and then the screen will go black and say “No Signal”. A few seconds after that it blanks out completely.

I hope you can help me figure out what’s going on. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware this very dangerous banking related scam

Posted on November 15, 2025

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As you probably know, scammers love using phishing emails to trick people into handing over their personal information and the login info for their online accounts.

The thing is, scammers are targeting potential victims via their cell phones too.

In fact, there’s a very dangerous text message phishing scam making the rounds again right now that’s snagging a lot of victims because it’s so easy to fall for. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I extend an Internet connection to a distant building?

Posted on November 14, 2025

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Question from Travis: I’m building a cabin on the back side of my parents’ ranch that my wife and I will be staying in several times a year when we visit them.

We’ll be staying several days on each trip so I’ll need to be able to work from the cabin. And it looks like that might be a problem. [Read more…]

How (and why) to create a passkey on your online accounts (follow-up to a previous post)

Posted on November 13, 2025

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I recently posted this article explaining why you really need to stop using passwords on your accounts and start using passkeys instead.

That post prompted quite a few messages from folks asking variations of the following questions:

1 – What makes passkeys more secure than passwords?

2 – How difficult is it to set up a passkey?

Well, the answer to the first question is simple: [Read more…]