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How to ensure that System Restore is turned on in Windows 10

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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…]

Q&A: How do I ‘unblock’ someone on Facebook?

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Question from Barbara G.:  How do unblock someone on Facebook?

Rick’s answer:  I love questions like this, Barbara.

They’re short and to the point, and that usually makes them very easy to answer.

Luckily, it’s actually pretty easy to unblock someone that you’ve blocked in the past, but how you do it will depend on the type of device you’re using to access your Facebook account.

Follow the steps below to unblock a blocked Facebook user on a laptop or desktop computer:  [Read more…]

How to assign custom ringtones to your most important contacts

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By default, when people call you on your smartphone the ringtone sounds the same regardless of who it is that’s calling you.

And that can be a problem if your phone starts ringing while it’s sitting on a table on the other side of the room.

The caller could well be someone you really want to talk to, but it could also be a call you’d rather skip.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to stop what you’re doing and go pick up the phone.

Well, there’s an easy fix or this problem…  [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is it risky to use two drives in a RAID 0 configuration?

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Question from Charlie:  I read an article last night about using two hard drives or SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration to speed up disk access speeds on my PC.

It said RAID 0 can speed up disk read and write speeds by as much as 50% but that it’s risky to use it.

The article didn’t explain why RAID 0 is risky. Can you explain it to me?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Q&A: Are all the Facebook scams you write about actually real?

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Question from Ellen:  I’ve been following your blog for a while now, Rick.

It seems like you write about a new Facebook scam or hoax at least once a week or so.

I always forward your ‘scam alerts’ to my sister to make sure she sees them, but the other night she asked me to stop. She said there can’t really be that many scams on Facebook because they keep them cleaned up.

I got to thinking about it and it does seem like there are an awful lot of them. Are you sure they’re all real?

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

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