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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
• How do I get File Explorer back onto my Taskbar?
• Q&A: How do I fix a ‘500 Internal Server Error’ on my blog?
• Q&A: Can I get my motherboard’s serial number without opening the case?
• Video: Watch this family build a beautiful off-grid log cabin (on a really low budget)
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, March 4, 2022
• Two ways to ‘Undo’ and ‘Redo’ an action on a Mac
• Q&A: How do I copy photos from my iPhone to a laptop?
• Q&A: Why does Facebook show an old version of an updated blog post when I repost it?
• Video: Watch this absolutely incredible guitar picking by a 13 year old musical prodigy
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, February 20, 2022.
• Easily convert a Mac or Windows PC into a Chromebook
• Always do this before buying any used iPhone
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous gift card scam
• How to automatically save 3 cents per gallon every time you buy gas at Walmart
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Question from Angie: I have an older Dell desktop computer that came with Windows but was long ago converted into an Unbuntu Linux machine.
I love this computer dearly and I don’t want to replace it with a new one until I absolutely have to.
The problem is I think that time might have come because the keyboard has a couple of essential keys (Backspace and Space Bar) that have stopped working.
I’ve checked at Walmart, Best Buy and Office Depot, but the only keyboards they sell connect to a USB port instead of the old-style PS/2 connector used by my existing keyboard. Will a USB keyboard work with this computer or am I simply out of luck? [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, January 14, 2022.
• How to set up a VPN on your smartphone
• My favorite tool for completely ‘wiping’ a hard drive
• Q&A: Do we still need to ‘eject’ USB flash drives before removing them?
• Video: Intrigued by Tiny Houses? Check this out.
• Info about my photo / file recovery service