Rick's Daily Tips

How to lock your PC just by walking away from it

Posted on April 12, 2021

Do you lock your PC every time you leave the room to keep prying eyes from seeing what you’re working on or to prevent others from messing with your computer?

If you only use a computer at home the answer is probably no, but if you use one at work chances are you do.

In fact, many companies actually require their employees to lock their PCs when they leave the room for whatever reason.

If you work for one of those strict employers you probably worry that you might forget to lock your machine sometime and end up getting reprimanded for the lapse.

Well guess what? Windows 10 has a feature called Dynamic Lock that will automatically lock your PC every time you get up and leave the room.

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Complete list of Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts

Posted on April 11, 2021

Virtually every release of a new major Windows version includes a slew of new Windows shortcuts, and Windows 10 is no exception.

In fact, Windows 10 provides dozens of them for you to use at any time!

Some folks prefer to use the mouse and avoid using the keyboard as much as possible, but others love the speed and efficiency gained by replacing three, four or more mouse clicks with a single keystroke combination.

If you’re one of them, check out this extensive list of keyboard shortcuts you can use to do virtually anything in Windows 10… [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I cancel my ProtonMail account?

Posted on April 11, 2021

Question from Marla: I’ve had a ProtonMail account for over a year and I’ve been happy with it all that time, but now not so much.

A very serious issue has arisen and I hope you can help me close my account.

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Add the ‘Hibernate’ option to Windows 10’s Shutdown menu

Posted on April 9, 2021

As you probably know, having to shut down your PC can be a major hassle at times.

This is especially true if you know you’ll have to reopen all the programs and websites you’re currently using the next time you power the machine back on.

Luckily, that scenario can be avoided by selecting a special shutdown mode called Hibernate.

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How to convert all your WordPress blog’s URLS from ‘http’ to ‘https’ after enabling SSL encryption

Posted on April 9, 2021

If you’re a blogger you probably know that securing your blog with SSL encryption is now a must if you want your blog to succeed, for these reasons:

1 – Google has now started giving preference to SSL secure https pages in their search results.

That means all other things being equal, pages that have URLs that begin with https will rank higher than pages that begin with http.

Google has also begun displaying the URL’s of encrypted pages in their search results. That means it won’t be long before many searchers will simply skip over non-secure pages and visit the next available secure page instead. [Read more…]