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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, March 2, 2024
• Two ways to ‘Undo’ and ‘Redo’ an action on a Mac
• Q&A: Does Malwarebytes still offer a free version?
• An easy way to extend a wired Ethernet connection to a distant room
• Why being early is almost always better than being late
• January’s Tech Tips Giveaway – Win this ViewSonic VX3276-4K-MHD 32 Inch 4K UHD Monitor
Question from Vicky: I got my old laptop out of the closet this morning to see if it still works. I’ve forgotten exactly how old it is but it’s running windows 10.
It finally booted up into Windows but it seemed to be running very sluggish.
At first, it wouldn’t connect to the wireless or open my Chrome browser. I checked to see how full the hard drive is. Not quite 50% is used.
I restarted it again and it connected to the network and loaded Chrome, but it’s still very sluggish.
Do you have any suggestions for cleaning up and optimizing an older computer? [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, February 6, 2024
• Is the free Malwarebytes offer a bait and switch?
• How to quickly identify scam emails
• How to download your entire Tweet history from X
• Video: Chet Atkins performs “Wildwood Flower”
• January’s Tech Tips Giveaway – Win this ViewSonic VX3276-4K-MHD 32 Inch 4K UHD Monitor
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, February 4, 2024
• Declutter File Explorer by hiding empty drives
• How to quickly find your computer’s warranty status
• Q&A: How do you enable Closed Captioning on an iPhone?
• Be the light that helps others see
• January’s Tech Tips Giveaway – Win this ViewSonic VX3276-4K-MHD 32 Inch 4K UHD Monitor
Even premium smartphones have their limitations. As soon as the memory and space on the smartphone runs out, it will begin appear unstable, start to lag, or even freeze up or turn off.
The problem isn’t necessarily the smartphone memory, but you can easily check to see if RAM and/or storage space usage on your smartphone could be causing the issues. [Read more…]