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Does it seem like your laptop’s battery charge runs out sooner than it should? Well, it seems like they always do to me.
Assuming that the laptop battery isn’t defective, there are a number of power settings that you can tweak in order to make a charge last as long as possible.
The key is determining which settings to tweak in order to gain the most benefit without hampering your ability to use your laptop effectively.
What Should One Know About Visual Content Marketing?Times change, and now it’s not enough to provide the readers with textual information. Visual content is what’s currently demanding their attention.
Scientists have discovered that we forget 90% of the information we receive in the textual form after just three short days.
But that improves a great deal if the facts are presented with the help of visual content. That way, 65% of data remains in the human memory even after this time passes.
Question from Stuart K.: I was cleaning out my closet yesterday morning and I found an old game disc with “Age Of Empires” on it.
I remember that I loved playing that game when I was a kid so I installed it on my son’s ASUS ROG gaming PC (with Windows 10).
The game played just like I remember and I didn’t notice any problems with anything else. Everything seemed to work fine so I shut the computer down.
My son used the computer for a few minutes and then shut it down when he got ready to leave for school.
This morning when he turned it on he noticed that the screen resolution was wrong and the screen was flickering really bad. He shut it down and restarted it and got the same result.
He asked me to help him get it straightened out, but so far I’m not having any luck.
This page contains links to a virtual library of handy tech resources on other websites.
These are hand-picked tools, charts and other resources that I use myself at times, and I often recommend them to others.
To keep things simple I have organized the links into sections of related links.
If you happen to run across a handy tech-related article, chart or reference tool somewhere on the web, send me the link and I’ll happily check it out.
If it looks like it would make a worthy addition to this page I’ll be sure to add it.
You can trust the information, products and services I linked to below because I won’t link to anything that I don’t trust and/or use myself.
With that in mind, here we go…
Note: The links in this section are affiliate links.
LiquidWeb Managed WordPress Hosting
Genesis (the WordPress theme I use on my blogs)
Constant Contact (manages my email newsletter)
MailOptin (creates opt-in forms for newsletter)
Get technical info about your specific Android device
Android news and informational updates
9 ways to make your Android phone less annoying
Guide for switching from ans Apple device to Android
38 great iPhone tips and tricks
Help a “Good Samaritan” get your lost iOS device back to you
Guide for switching from Android to an Apple device
Get technical info about your specific iPhone
Why you don’t need an antivirus app for you iOS device
Hidden tricks you didn’t know your iPhone could do
Register a domain name for your blog
Get managed WordPress hosting for your blog (#ad)
Secure your blog from hackers and other threats
15 free ways to drive traffic to your blog
Check your blog’s page load speeds with Google PageSpeed Insights
Check your blog’s page load speeds with WebPageTest
Build an email list with Constant Contact (#ad)
7 tips for growing your email list
Help with getting malware removed from your blog
Info from Apple on the latest version of MacOS
25 must-know tips for using your Mac
50 great Mac tips, tricks and timesavers
How to tune up your Mac for best performance
A brief history of the Internet
Check the speed of your Internet connections with Fast.com
Check the speed of your Internet connection with SpeedTest.net
Search for available high-speed Internet providers by zip code
Find out what your options are for Internet service at your address
Eligible households can get super low-cost Internet service
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
See what your favorite website looked like in its early days
Amazon (#ad)
50+ awesome Facebook tips and tricks
Things you can do to keep your Facebook account secure
Everything you need to know about Facebook Messenger
31 Instagram tips, hacks and features you should know about
23 easy ways to boost Instagram engagement
Tips for protecting your privacy and security on Instagram
6 helpful Twitter tips you might not be aware of
26 Twitter tips for enhancing your tweets
12 tips for staying safe and secure on Twitter
10 Tips for preventing malware infections
Protect your computer from malware with Malwarebytes
Protect your computer from viruses with Avast Antivirus
Check any file or web page for viruses with VirusTotal
How to download and install Windows 10 onto your PC
How much RAM can Windows 10 support?
14 ways to speed up Windows 10
In-depth tutorial for using Windows 10
Tips for boosting the performance of your Windows 10 PC
14 ways to speed up your Windows 10 machine
10 great Windows 10 tools you might not know about
8 great tools for tweaking and customizing Windows 10
Windows 10 PowerToys Cheat Sheet
10+ useful System Tools that are hidden in Windows
Windows 10 Security and Privacy Guide
Lock down your privacy with the free “Windows Privacy Dashboard”
How to encrypt files, folders and drives in Windows 10
How many photos will fit on a memory card of a given size?
Everything you need to know about USB ports
10 useful tech tips you’ll use over and over
Technology tips and tricks from Intel
Miscellaneous tech tips from Best Buy’s Geek Squad
15 expert tech tips for remote workers
OlderGeeks.com – My favorite ‘free software’ download site
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As you probably know, modern day malware comes in many forms.
Some varieties, such as adware, are often merely annoying.
But more malicious forms of malware can actually wreck your Windows installation and help hackers steal your identity and/or your valuable financial information.
A high-quality anti-virus program such as Avast can help keep your computer free of malware, but a special class of malware known as rootkits often goes undetected by regular virus scans.
Rootkits load into your computer’s memory before Windows even boots up, and that makes them especially difficult to find. [Read more…]