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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
• Why Time Machine should be your Mac’s primary backup tool
• Q&A: Can I remove ‘web results’ from my Windows searches?
• Scam alert: Beware the fake PayPal Tech Support scam on Twitter
• Is bottled water really better than tap water? The answer might surprise you.
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Question from Stephanie: I’m the office manager for a medium-sized wholesale floral distributor.
Including myself, we have nine people working in our office, and each of us have identical Dell Business desktop computers.
These computers came with Windows 7 Pro but I upgraded all of them to Windows 10 bit back when the upgrade was free.
I’ve been creating weekly System Image backups for each computer but I just learned that I need to create a System Repair Disc too so if anything happens I’ll be able to boot the PC to the Recovery Options screen.
My question is do I need to create a separate System Repair Disc for each of the nine computers or will the same one work for all of them? [Read more…]
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Have you updated your PC to Windows 10 from an earlier version of Windows at some time in the past?
If so, there’s a very good chance that the System Restore utility was turned off during the update process.
What’s more, I’ve seen plenty of PCs that came from the factory with Windows 10 that had the System Restore utility disabled.
As you probably know, System Restore is a powerful tool that can help you get your Windows machine back into working order if something ever goes haywire with your Windows installation.
When turned on, System Restore (usually) makes it easy to roll your Windows installation back to a previous (working) state if something ever goes wrong during a program installation or some other serious issue arises.
In other words, this awesome tool can really can get you out of rather serious jams. [Read more…]
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It’s no secret that we live in a dangerous world.
Sadly, burglaries and home invasions have become commonplace in recent years, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.
Several major companies have been providing homeowners with home security hardware and monitoring services for decades, but the solutions they offer tend to be on the expensive side.
What’s more, most of them require professional installation.
A while back I started seeing advertisements for SimpliSafe, a “Do-It-Yourself” security system that doesn’t require professional installation. I decided to check them out, and for the most part I was quite impressed. This is what I learned… [Read more…]
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Modern computer hardware is generally more reliable than what we had back in the early days of personal computing, but users still frequently lose irreplaceable data due to hardware failures.
There are many reasons for data loss that range all the way from the simple failure of a hard drive to catastrophic events such as lightning strikes and fire damage.
This all boils down to one conclusion: If you have photos, videos, Office documents and/or other irreplaceable files stored on your computer’s hard drive, you need to back it up ASAP and make additional backups as you add more files. [Read more…]