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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…]
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?
Have you ever seen a photo or screenshot on a web page that you wanted to save to your PC for some reason?
I’m sure you probably have. Most people do it like this:
1 – Right-click on the image you wish to save.
2 – Click Save picture as…
3 – Navigate to the folder where you wish to save the image to, then click Save.
But there is a way much faster way that uses a single mouse click if you just want to save the photo to the Desktop: [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
There are tons of ways to customize and tweak most current web browsers to make them behave more to our liking.
And in addition to the changes we make on our own, many downloads and browser add-ons take it upon themselves to make changes to our browsers’ settings without us even knowing about it.
These changes add up over time, and eventually your favorite browser might become extremely slow and unstable due to all the changes.
Throw a browser hijacker or malware into the mix and it can even become unusable. If that happens, what should you do? [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Have you ever tried to find a web page you had visited in the recent past but you couldn’t remember the title of the page or even the name of the website it was on?
I often find myself needing to revisit pages I’ve visited, and I’ve discovered a handy little trick that usually helps me find them in just a few seconds: Searching the browser history!