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Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Monday, December 27, 2021.
• How to Reset your PC’s Windows 11 installation
• Q&A: Why is Safari loading pages so slowly on my iPhone?
• How (and why) to designate a ‘Legacy Contact’ for your Facebook account
• Jana Jae fiddlin’ around with the “Orange Blossom Special”
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Has your Windows 10 PC starting freezing up or acting erratically?
Does a Windows feature that used to work just fine no longer work as it should?
A simple reset of your PC’s Windows installation will often solve an irritating Windows issue that’s difficult to solve any other way. [Read more…]
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Question from Michael: I’ve noticed that every Windows computer I’ve ever owned runs lightning fast when I first take it out of the box, but before long they always seem to start slowing down.
Why do they do that? Do the parts just wear out or what?
Is there anything that can be done to reverse the slowdown and get the PC running like new again? [Read more…]
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I frequently receive questions about speeding up computers that have become sluggish over time or fixing problems that prevent Windows from working as it should.
There are a number of different responses that I usually have for those questions, and the one I give depends on the actual issues they are experiencing with their machines.
Question from Charles: I updated my PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a while back.
Ever since then I’ve been getting “User Account Control” warnings several times a month, and I ALWAYS get them when I’m trying to install something new or make a simple settings change.
I can’t seem to do hardly anything at all with getting hit with a warning.
I know that UAC is meant to prevent me from doing something stupid and trashing my system, but I’m an experienced user and I know which types of things I need to avoid.
My question is do you think it would be safe to disable UAC? I really don’t think I need it. [Read more…]