Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Do you allow your web browser to store the passwords to your online accounts?
I realize that stored passwords make using the Internet a lot easier, but truth be told it’s a very dangerous practice.
I wrote a post a while back that explains several reasons why using stored passwords is a bad idea, but now another reason has come to light. [Read more…]
Question from Wanda: Rick, I just bought a refurbished computer with Windows 7 Home Premium on it.
In case you’re wondering why I bought a refurbished machine, it’s because I hate Windows 8 and Windows 10 so I decided to by a refurbished PC in order to get Windows 7.
LOL You probably think I’m crazy, but that’s why.
Anyway, this machine is showing two hard drives in Windows Explorer, a C: drive and a D: drive.
When they refurbished this computer they supposedly reinstalled Windows from scratch. I haven’t put anything at all on the D: drive, yet the Windows Explorer shows it as being full with hardly any free space left.
I can’t open that D: drive to see what’s in it making be think it might have a virus.
Is it possible for the equivalent of a brand new computer to have a virus that’s filling up the hard drive? My Norton isn’t finding anything.
Any help you can provide will be much appreciated. Thanks.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Michael E.: I recently started answering questions on Quora to drive traffic to my blog, and I’m really happy with the amount of visitors it’s sending me so far.
I’ve noticed that when I’m the first person to answer a question my answer will often remain at the top after other people add their answers. That’s why I prefer answering questions that haven’t been answered yet.
Do you know of a way to get Quora to display just the questions that haven’t been answered yet?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you tend to post and interact with others a lot on Facebook, you’ve probably noticed all the audible notifications you receive when there’s a lot of activity going on.
At times it can sound like you’re in the middle of an arcade!
If you’d prefer some peace and quiet over the endless barrage of Facebook’s notification sounds, you can easily turn them off. [Read more…]
Do you use Instagram? If so, there’s a very good chance that your account will get hacked very soon.
Right now hackers (who appear to be from Russia) are hacking into and taking control of Instagram accounts by the thousands.
In a nutshell, the hackers are somehow breaking into the accounts and changing both the username and password, making it impossible for the rightful account owners to log back in (or in many cases even locate the account). [Read more…]