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Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter – Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021

Hello, and welcome…

This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Wednesday, September 8, 2021.

 


 

Topics covered in this issue…

–Heads-Up: Big change coming to my Tech Tips Newsletter

–Why you should disable all unused browser extensions

–Warning: Disabling ‘Location Services’ won’t prevent your phone from revealing your location

–7 tips for selling obsolete computer gear on ebay

–Ten Questions with Jana Jae: Hee-Haw’s “Girl with the magic blue fiddle”

–Info about my photo / file recovery service

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Q&A: Can I add a second hard drive to my laptop?

Posted on September 5, 2021

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Question from Terry:  I bought an older Dell laptop after answering an ad on Craigslist. The guy I bought it from told me I’d be able to install a second hard drive in it if I wanted to.

I went to Best Buy and bought a 1TB laptop hard drive but when I went to install it I could only find a place for one hard drive (the drive that’s already in it).

There is only one plastic cover on the bottom for accessing a hard drive.

Could there maybe be a second drive bay somewhere else that isn’t accessible by simply removing a cover?  [Read more…]

Heads-up: Protect your PC from WannaCry ransomware!

Posted on August 21, 2021

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Ransomware is a very dangerous type of malware, but luckily most new strains are quickly mitigated thanks to the extra resources the antivirus companies have dedicated to eradicating them.

But that being said, the WannaCry Ransomware cyberworm is still going strong years after it was first discovered.

[Read more…]

Q&A: I installed a plugin and it broke my blog. How can I fix it?

Posted on August 13, 2021

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Question from Cara G:  I installed a new plugin on my WordPress blog and now my pages won’t load at all.

All I get is a white screen with an error message.

To make matters worse I can’t even get to the control panel to delete the plugin.

I’m in a panic here. How can I fix this?

Rick’s answer:  This is a fairly common issue, Cara. Unfortunately, it happens a lot. And as you have discovered, when it happens it can cause one to panic.

Luckily, there’s a very easy fix for this issue that almost always works. All you have to do is use an FTP utility to delete the problem plugin from your WordPress installation. Here’s how: [Read more…]

Q&A: Will a new SSD work in an older computer?

Posted on August 7, 2021

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Question from Richard:  Hi, Rick. I hope you can answer a question for me.

I have an older Gateway desktop PC running Ubuntu Linux. The hard drive died and I want to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD).

My cousin is offering to sell me an unused 1TB SSD for about half what I’d have to pay for a new one. He bought it a while back but he no longer needs it because the computer he was going to put it in died.

My question is will this drive work in my computer? I’m asking because the old hard drive had a SATA II interface and the SSD I’m thinking about buying is SATA III.  [Read more…]

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