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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Monday, October 23, 2023
• How to freeze the Task Manager to inspect a specific process
• Why your computer really needs a battery backup device
• Scam alert: Beware the ‘Professional Squatters’ scam
• Q&A: Why is milk white instead of some other color?
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, October 22, 2023
• This tip will make it easier to write your blog posts
• Q&A: Can I turn off Facebook’s voting reminders?
• System Explorer: The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of Windows tools
• Guess what? You’re constantly moving (and really, really fast)!
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, October 15, 2023
• Your Mac offers multiple options for taking screen captures
• How to disable Predictive Text on your iPhone
• Q&A: Which version of Linux should I replace Windows with?
• Why being early is almost always better than being late
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Question from Fred: I have a 2 year old Lenovo laptop. It was working fine till yesterday evening but now the Wi-Fi won’t work.
I thought it might be a setting, but the Wi-Fi adapter isn’t even showing up in the Device Manager under Windows 11.
Since it won’t work with Windows, I tried booting into Linux Mint (I have a dual-boot setup). Mint won’t recognize the Wi-Fi adapter either so I’m thinking it must be a hardware problem.
Can this be fixed without costing me an arm and a leg? [Read more…]