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Question from Liam: My wife and I recently went to a flea market to look for some things for our house.
I ended up buying a used Lenovo ThinkPad T400 with Windows 7 on it.
It’s obvious that it’s a pretty old laptop but it seems to work well.
I didn’t notice it when it was running at the flea market but there’s a message in the corner of the screen saying “This copy of Windows is not genuine”.
What does that mean? Is it a problem? [Read more…]
Question from Curtis: I have a quick question for you.
I followed your instructions to see who is following me on Facebook and I saw that I indeed have a bunch of followers.
When I click on their names to look at their profiles I can only see the info on some of them. The other profiles have a message that says:
DO YOU KNOW [XXXXXX]?
To see what he/she shares with friends, send him/her a friend request.
I’m confused. If they’re following me shouldn’t I be able to see the stuff on their profile?
Also, do you recommend that I block those people just in case their profiles are infected with a virus or something?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
I’ll admit it, I love the Firefox web browser.
I really like the look and feel of Firefox’s browser window, and I LOVE all the great extensions that let me do things with Firefox that I can’t do with any other browser.
But as much as I love Firefox, there’s one thing that has kept me using Google Chrome as my primary web browser instead of Firefox: Firefox can be as slow as cold molasses while viewing some websites. But I have good news… [Read more…]
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Do you live in a large house?
If so, you probably struggle at times to use your WiFi connected devices in areas that are located either far away from the wireless router or on a different floor.
Dealing with a poor wireless signal can be frustrating because you’ll often have just enough signal to allow your devices to connect, but the connection speed is either horribly slow or you keep dropping the connection altogether.
It seems that viruses, trojans, spyware, ransomware and other forms of malware are lurking in every corner of the online world these days.
All it takes is one simple errant click of the mouse to let the first bit of malware sneak onto your PC, and then a deluge of other malware items can follow it right in.
With the ever-increasing threat of identity theft and stolen financial information we’re facing, it’s more important than ever to prevent malware from invading your computer and to remove it as soon as possible if an infection does occur. [Read more…]