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If you or someone you know owns a Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop, the company might have just recalled its battery pack.
Apparently the defective batteries were contaminated with flammable materials during the manufacturing process, resulting in a potential fire hazard. [Read more…]
Question from Rhonda H.: I bought an Apple Magic Keyboard back in December, and I love it. But I have a problem that I can’t figure out.
I was told that this keyboard would wake up my Mac when it’s sleeping just by pressing a key, but I can’t get it to do that.
Can you tell me how to fix this so the keyboard will start waking up my Mac?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Livid users are hitting social media in droves to complain after finding that their PCs have been automatically updated to Windows 10 without their knowledge or permission.
Until recently a user would have to intentionally click their approval before the Windows 10 update would be installed on his/her system, but that’s no longer the case for users who have Windows set to install updates automatically. [Read more…]
Question from Billie: I upgraded my computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and now I’m having trouble scrolling web pages with my mouse wheel.
Scrolling worked just fine with Windows 7. What can I do to make it work correctly in Windows 10? Thanks in advance for your help.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Every day I receive emails from folks who have updated their PCs to Windows 10 and subsequently discovered that they don’t like it.
In most of those emails I’m asked if it’s possible to reverse the update and re-install the version of Windows they were using before. [Read more…]