Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: How do I create Private Nameservers at Godaddy for my blog?

Posted on March 14, 2015

Question from Mina L.: I recently looked up the Whois information for my blog’s domain name and noticed that the nameservers pretty much tell everyone which web hosting company I use.

With all the hacking that’s going on these days, I’d rather keep my web host (among other things) a secret if at all possible.

I heard that Godaddy will let you create private nameservers based upon your own domain name, but I can’t find a link or a tool in my Godaddy account to do that. Can you tell me where to go in my Godaddy Control Panel to create my private nameservers?

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Don’t reboot your Windows 7 PC if you installed Windows Updates on Tuesday!

Posted on March 13, 2015

bad-windows-update Do you install all Windows Updates as soon as possible after they are released?

I do, because I believe that’s the best way to keep a PC safe from hackers by patching security holes in the operating system before they can be exploited.

That being said, every once in a while a buggy update can actually cause a problem instead of fix one. That seems to be the case with one of the Windows Updates that was released this past Tuesday. [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there a way to set up a wireless router without a computer?

Posted on March 11, 2015

Question from Darcy L.: Hi Rick. I have a dilemma that I hope you can help me solve. My mom’s wireless router died the other day so I went to Office Depot and bought her a new one.

When I got back to mom’s house and tried to install the new router the instructions said I need to plug it into a computer and use the computer to set it up.

The problem is she doesn’t have a computer. She had a desktop PC for years, but when it died she decided to just use her email and Facebook on her phone and not replace the computer. So here we are with a new router and no computer to set it up with. Is there any way to set up the router using her iPhone 4s?

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What to do if Facebook videos won’t play in Firefox

Posted on March 11, 2015

Videos are one of the most popular types of content shared on Facebook, but many users are having trouble getting them to play while logged into Facebook with the Firefox browser.

If you’re one of them, there are a couple of things that you can try that seem to work for most users. [Read more…]