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How to quickly find your computer’s warranty status

Posted on July 14, 2022

Truth be told, modern home computers are generally pretty reliable.

In fact, most of the laptops and desktop computers that are sold today will still be working fine when software advances eventually make their hardware components obsolete.

But that being said, some machines will inevitably end up needing some type of covered repair before the warranty expires.

And guess what? Yours could well be one of them.

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Q&A: Can ‘Download MORE GHz’ really speed up my computer?

Posted on February 11, 2022

Question from Sue:  This morning someone told me about a website called Download MORE GHz that claims to speed up your computer by making the CPU run faster.

I Googled it and checked out the website, and they have a good sales pitch (even though the service is supposedly free).

The problem is I’ve learned to be skeptical about things like this on the Internet.

I was wondering if you recommend them or not. Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Computer acting strange? Try this first.

Posted on November 4, 2021

Have you ever been using your computer and had it start acting strange for no apparent reason?

I’m sure you probably have because it happens all the time.

For example, just the other day my Internet connection shut down and it simply refused to re-establish a connection.

A couple of days later the speakers just stopped working right in the middle of a video I was watching, and they refused to start working again even after I loaded a different video.

When those things happened I didn’t immediately jump into troubleshooting mode and start checking drivers or verifying system settings. I did this instead… [Read more…]

Webopedia – The online encyclopedia for computer and Internet terms

Posted on August 4, 2021

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Every industry has a certain amount of jargon that only people involved with that industry understand, but the computer world has way more than its fair share of it.

I’ve been using computers since the early 1980s and I still encounter technical terms and phrases on on occasion that I have never heard before.

Luckily, there is a fantastic website called Webopedia that we can turn to whenever we need to find out what a new computer term means or how a certain tidbit of technology works.

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Need a new computer? You probably need to buy now if you can.

Posted on June 8, 2021

If you’ve been following the news of late you’re probably aware that there’s a shortage of computer chips right now.

There are several factors contributing to the shortage, and reports are now coming out that it’s likely to extend well into 2023.

What does this mean for consumers?

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