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Most people do not think much about their credit score until it becomes a problem. Maybe you applied for a loan and got denied. Maybe you finally took a look at your credit report and saw that your score is a lot lower than you expected.
Whatever the trigger, finding out you have bad credit can feel like a punch to the gut. What many people do not realize is just how far the effects of a bad credit score can reach into your life. [Read more…]
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Question from Carl: I read here that you can “span” (i.e. combine) multiple hard drives and use them as one large drive and access them all with a single drive letter.
I have a used, but working 1TB hard drive at home that I could install in my Windows 11 desktop computer to span with the 1TB drive that’s already in it to effectively give me a 2TB drive. (There is an open drive bay to install the second drive.)
Would you mind answering a question about drive spanning for me? [Read more…]
Question from Melina: I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while now.
I know that computer repair shops must end up with a lot of older computers that the customers don’t want returned to them.
What do the shops do with those old computers? [Read more…]
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Question from Reba: Hi, Rick. I’ve been reading your daily tips for years and I hope you can help me fix a problem I caused for myself.
I was typing last night and apparently hit some strange keystrokes. The text size in my Chrome window changed. How can I get it back to normal? [Read more…]
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Back in the golden age of technology, you really didn’t need all that many tools in order to build, upgrade or repair computers and many other tech items.
If you owned a couple of screwdrivers, an anti-static wrist strap and a nut driver or two you could work on most any tech item. But today, things are a lot more complicated.
The way modern computers, monitors and mobile devices are constructed makes it virtually impossible to work on some items without specialized tools that can “crack open” a case or extract a part without causing physical damage to the item. [Read more…]