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Monthly Tech Giveaway – September 2025

Posted on August 31, 2025

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September’s winner will receive a 15.6″ Lenovo IdeaPad 1 Student Laptop.

This laptop is perfect for junior high and high school students. It’s plenty capable of doing most anything that might be required for class, yet it’s very affordable.

All subscribers to the Standard edition of my Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter have an equal chance to win.

Premium subscribers have two chances to win (their email addresses are added to the “pot” twice).

Not a subscriber? Just enter your email address in the form on this page. Once subscribed you’ll be eligible to win each month’s drawing – starting with this month. Better yet, opt for a Premium subscription for double the chance to win!

The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on September 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.

Good luck!

Q&A: Will using a laptop with the lid closed damage it?

Posted on August 30, 2025

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Question from Jane: I bought a monitor and connected it to my laptop and then changed the settings so I could close the lid while the laptop is running. It’s been working fine now for about four months.

The thing is one of my friends saw this setup and he told me running the laptop with the lid closed will eventually kill it due to excessive heat build-up.

Is that true? As always, thanks so much for your advice. [Read more…]

Q&A: Does Incognito Mode really protect your privacy?

Posted on August 29, 2025

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Question from Roland: I have a laptop that’s provided by my employer for business use. I have a question about also using it at home for personal use.

I’m allowed to take the laptop home every night, and I’m wondering if using Chrome in “Incognito Mode” will prevent the guys in IT from finding out which websites I visit?

[Read more…]

Q&A: Should I buy a laptop with Windows 11 in S mode?

Posted on August 28, 2025

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Question from Amber: I’ve been shopping online for a new laptop and I’ve noticed that a lot of the lowest-priced Windows laptops have Windows 11 S installed on them.

I’d never heard of Windows 11 S before I started shopping for a new laptop. And now I’m really confused.

I have a couple of questions for you: [Read more…]

Heads-up: Those ‘Your Apple ID has been disabled’ messages are scams

Posted on August 27, 2025

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An old, but dangerous scam that targets Apple customers recently started making the rounds once again.

As usual, there are several variations of the scam, but they all work something like this…

You receive a text message or social media IM stating that your Apple ID has been disabled due to an “unusual sign-in attempt” or some other pretext.

At first glance the message will appear to be legit, but if you look closer it’s usually easy to see that it’s a fake. [Read more…]

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