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Question from Christine: I have a Facebook page where I post about women’s issues and my posts get a lot of comments left on them.
Here lately I’ve noticed that the “Most Relevant” comments are displayed first.
I don’t like that because I prefer seeing the comments in order.
Is there some way to turn “Most Relevant” off and always show the “Most Recent” comments by default?
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Question from Judy: It seems like just about everything that people share in large numbers on Facebook is either a scam or it’s dangerous in some way.
I keep seeing people share the “How Hard Did Aging Hit You” challenge thing and I was wondering if it’s a scam?
I don’t mind seeing them (I think they’re cute) but I don’t want them on my Facebook if they’re dangerous.
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The Windows Notepad utility is one of the handiest little programs there is, but it comes with a number of frustrating limitations.
But even with those limitations I found myself using it several times a day simply because it’s so convenient.
But no more. I long ago switched to a wonderful free Notepad replacement app called Notepad++.
Notepad++ does everything the standard Windows Notepad does, only better. I won’t list all the great features here, but there are three features that really made it worth the switch for me: [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will no longer be supplying security updates for Windows 7 after January 14, 2020.
In other words, they’re going to basically abandon Windows 7 and leave users to fend for themselves when it comes to the security of their computers.
Several people have asked me if it’ll be safe to keep using Windows 7 after the updates stop coming down the pike.
Question from Ray H.: Hi Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for years Rick because I love all the useful info you provide.
But right now I’m having a problem accessing your pages.
I bought Webroot a few days ago and now every time I click one of your links on Facebook Webroot throws up a warning saying that the link is unsafe.
It’s doing that for a couple of my other favorite sites too.
I love reading your posts but I must admit that this has me concerned. Can you explain what’s going on?
Per your own advice I’m very wary about the possibility of visiting a malicious website.
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