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When most folks set up a wireless router they create a secure Wi-Fi network that’s protected by a wireless security key (commonly referred to as a “password”).
Most computers and mobile devices will “remember” the passwords for each of the wireless networks they connect to, allowing the device to automatically connect to a network whenever the device comes into range.
That’s a wonderful feature, but it can lead to a problem… [Read more…]
Question from Brandie: I recently started doing some shopping on Amazon (#ad), and I absolutely love it!
Their selection is simply astounding and their prices are very reasonable.
For the most part everything is very easy to understand or figure out as I go, but I’m still learning the ropes about some things.
For example, every now and then I’ll come across a product that’s listed as an “Add-On Item”.
I’m not really sure what that means. Can you tell me?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
By now you probably know how important it is to enable Two-Factor Authentication on all of your online accounts.
In a nutshell, enabling Two-Factor Authentication on an account adds an extra level of security to that account’s login process.
And with all the hacking and scamming going on in the world today you really do need that extra level of protection on each and every one of your online accounts!
Here’s a general overview of how this powerful security measure works to protect an account from hackers: [Read more…]
Question from Robin G.: Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.
I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.
I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.
Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you’re a Windows user you’re probably very familiar with the need to “Eject” your removable drives before disconnecting them from your PC.
In the past Microsoft has always cached the data written to removable media to make the system run a little faster.
That meant we had to “Eject” a removable drive before disconnecting it from the PC to prevent losing any cached, but unwritten data and possibly corrupting the drive’s file system.