Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Why won’t the Settings app load after upgrading to Windows 10?

Posted on September 20, 2015

Question from Karin S.: Hi Rick. I’ve been reading your help and tips for my computer for a long time now, and I find the information very helpful, so thank you!

Since upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 everything seems to be ok as I slowly figure out where everything has gone and how it works.

But I have a problem: A lot of your tips start with clicking on “Start” and then “Settings”. I have found that nothing happens when I click Settings. It kind of flashes a bit but nothing opens.

Could you tell me how to fix this so that I have a ‘Settings click’ that actually works? Thanks so much, in advance. -Karin

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WikiCancel.org – Detailed instructions for closing hundreds of online accounts

Posted on September 19, 2015

The Internet makes it possible to use thousands of wonderful online services and access enough information to fill warehouses full of encyclopedias on virtually every subject known to man.

Many of these resources only become available to you after signing up for an online account, but what happens when you no longer need or want to use a service or access the information provided by a specific website?

Closing an online account should take no more than two or three clicks of the mouse, and it usually is really that simple. The trick however is finding the place on the website where you need to begin the clicking. [Read more…]

How to prevent email events from being added to your calendar in iOS 9

Posted on September 16, 2015

If you have one or more devices that run iOS 9 you’ve probably noticed that many of the events mentioned in your emails are now automatically added to your Calendar.

Many users find this new feature useful, but others dislike the way it tends to fill up the calendar and make it more difficult to track the events they are most interested in.

Luckily, it’s easy to prevent iOS 9 from automatically adding email events to your calendar. Just follow theses simple steps: [Read more…]

Get ready: Facebook is planning to introduce a ‘Dislike’ button.

Posted on September 15, 2015

If you’ve been using Facebook for more than 10 minutes you’ve no doubt seen posts that made you so upset you wanted to click a button to “Dislike” it.

Well, before long you’ll be able to do just that.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that the company is actively developing a Dislike button, and it WILL be rolled out to users when it is ready. [Read more…]

How to backup or restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with iCloud

Posted on September 15, 2015

If you have an Phone, iPad or iPod Touch you probably have tons of apps, photos, music and other files on your device(s).

Making regular backups will ensure that you’ll be able to easily restore all of those precious items if something should ever happen to your device.

You have several options when deciding how to back up your iOS device, but my preferred method by far is backing up to your iCloud account. If you’d like to use iCloud to store your backups as well, here’s how to do it: [Read more…]