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5 tips for keeping your web browser running fast and secure

Posted on March 5, 2025

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These days most home computers are used primarily to visit websites and perform other Internet-related tasks such as checking email and shopping online.

Truth be told, a web browser is the only program that many users ever open in the Internet age.

If you depend on your favorite browser as much as I do, here are a few things you can do to keep it working fast and protect your online accounts from hackers: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I block websites from asking to send me notifications?

Posted on February 23, 2025

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Question from Helen: Several times a day my web browser will pop up a little box on my computer telling me the website I’m visiting wants to show notifications.

I always answer no because I don’t want to receive notifications from ANY website.

It makes no difference whether I’m using Chrome of Firefox. It happens with both of them.

Is there a way to prevent those browsers from asking me if I want to receive notifications from ANY site?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to restore the previous browsing session in any web browser

Posted on December 21, 2024

There are times when it would be nice to be able to fire up your favorite web browser and continue browsing all the sites you were visiting the last time the browser was open.

For example, perhaps you accidentally closed your web browser before you finished everything that you wanted to do on the web.

Or maybe a storm rolled in and you had to shut down and unplug your computer in a hurry in order to protect it from a potential lightning strike.

Whatever caused you to end your previous browsing session prematurely, I have good news for you… [Read more…]

How to block websites from tracking your location with Chrome

Posted on May 26, 2024

A while back I answered a question from a reader asking how to prevent websites from tracking their location with Firefox.

After that post went live several other readers emailed me asking for instructions for doing the same thing with Chrome. [Read more…]

Q&A: Some sites no longer load in my browser. How do I fix it?

Posted on April 19, 2024

Question from Andy: I need help with an Internet issue, Rick.

Several websites that used to load just fine won’t load anymore. They either just sit there and try to load forever or I get an error message.

The crazy thing is most websites still load ok. It’s just a handful of specific sites that won’t load.

Can you please help me fix this?

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