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I have written several posts that discuss either replacing a bad laptop hard drive with a new one or upgrading the system with a larger drive or an SSD.
Last night I was answering a reader’s question about a hard drive upgrade when it occurred to me that I’ve never really explained how to physically swap out the drives.
Replacing the hard drive in most laptops is almost as easy as selling popcorn in a movie theater. Just follow the simple steps listed below: [Read more…]
Avast has announced that the current version of Avast Antivirus (version 18.8) is the last version that can be installed on PCs running either Windows XP or Windows Vista.
That means if your PC is still running either XP or Vista you won’t be able to update to the next version of Avast when it gets released next year.
As you probably know, enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on an online account is just about the most effective way there is to prevent hackers from breaking into it.
In a nutshell, once Two-Factor Authentication has been enabled a hacker would have to have physical possession of your mobile phone in order to successfully login that account, even if he knows both your username and password.
These days virtually every major online service allows users to enable Two-Factor Authentication on their accounts, and luckily that includes the massively popular Pinterest.
If you would like to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your own Pinterest account you can easily do so by following the steps below: [Read more…]
Question from Andrew: I have several active PayPal subscriptions that clients use to send me a payment every month, but I can’t find them in my PayPal account.
I’ve searched my entire account from top to bottom, with no luck.
I know I have to be missing something. Can you tell me how to find them? Thanks for your help!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Carla: I recently purchased an 80 year old farm house and it’s currently being renovated with pretty much a complete overhaul.
I’ve hired an electrician to completely rewire the house and install a new service panel in the basement. He’s supposed to start the job next week.
He told me I should also let him wire the three bedrooms and the den with wired Ethernet connections because it’ll be really easy and relatively inexpensive since he’ll be running wires for the electrical service to those rooms anyway (the walls and ceilings will be bare at that point).
That sounds like a great idea because I’ll have desktop computers in two of those bedrooms (I’ll be using one as my office).
The thing is I’m not sure he’s planning to wire up the Ethernet connections correctly. I really need your advice on that.