Rick's Daily Tips

How to block a number from texting or calling you with iOS 7

Posted on September 21, 2013

Have you ever received calls or texts from someone that you’d rather not hear from? That’s a rhetorical question of course because we all have, and it can get old in a hurry when the annoying calls and/or texts just keep on coming in.

There are a number of ways to block numbers from calling or texting us on our smart phones, but if you have an iPhone running iOS 7 it’s very easy. And best of all, there are no apps to download or a bunch of hoops to jump through.

Here’s how to block a number on iOS 7: [Read more…]

Q&A: Where can I download the driver for a Netgear WNDA3100v2 USB Wi-Fi adapter?

Posted on September 19, 2013

Question from Chasity E.: My Dell laptop caught a bad virus and I had to re-install Windows 7 and in the process I lost the driver for my USB Wi-Fi adapter. I looked for the disk that came with the adapter and I can’t find it anywhere.

Do you know where I can download the right driver for a Netgear WNDA3100v2? I checked Netgear’s website but I couldn’t find it.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I display the Battery Life Percentage indicator on IOS 7?

Posted on September 19, 2013

Question from Carl: Hi Rick. I have an iPhone 4 that I upgraded to IOS 7 just as soon as it was released. I think it’s a great upgrade, but I can’t figure out how to display the Battery Life Precentage indicator. Can you tell me how?

Rick’s answer: This issue has perplexed a lot of iPhone users Carl. You’d think something as important as the Battery Life Indicator would be enabled by default, wouldn’t you? Anyway, here’s how to turn it on:

1 – Open the Settings Menu

2 – Tap General

3 – Tap Usage

4 – Tap Battery Percentage

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How to use Firefox as an FTP client

Posted on September 17, 2013

Firefox is one of the most poplar web browsers in use today, primarily because of the huge number of outstanding add-ons that are available for it. One of my favorite Firefox add-ons is FireFTP, a wonderful extension that lets you send and receive files via FTP right from a tab in the Firefox browser window!

I use FireFTP every single day to upload images and other files to my WordPress blogs. Follow the steps below if you’d like to give it a try. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why am I getting pop-up ads at random times when I’m using Firefox?

Posted on September 13, 2013

Question from Desiree M.: Rick, all of a sudden my computer started displaying pop-up ads at random times, but only when I’m using Firefox. Do you think my PC is infected with malware? If so, how can I get rid of it?

I followed the steps you listed in your post about removing malware and it did find some infections, but I’m still getting the pop-ups. It’s driving me up the wall! Thanks SO MUCH for your help!!

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]