Federal law makes it so you may obtain free credit reports, once a year. AnnualCreditReport.com is the easiest site for obtaining your credit reports. ACR is simple and straightforward, and will pace you through to each of the big 3 credit reporting agencies, to collect each record. There are other websites and companies that may offer … Read more
There are so many antivirus solutions out there for Windows Computers. I can’t possibly name them all, but I’ll try to touch on the ones I know and love. And I swear by free protection, so you should expect that everything I mention here has a $0 pricetag. Microsoft Windows Defender: this app is built-in … Read more
Macs get infected just as often as PCs. I know because I’m cleaning malware and baddies off of Apples these days, just as I do for Windows computers. Protect your system with a free antivirus for Macs: Bitdefender Virus Scanner for Mac: https://www.bitdefender.com/solu…/virus-scanner-for-mac.html AVG Antivirus for Mac: https://www.avg.com/en-us/avg-antivirus-for-mac Sophos Home Free Antivirus: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/download-mac-anti-virus.aspx These are full-time, auto-updating antiviruses. … Read more
Windows 10 has a “Game Mode” that Microsoft says will optimize your PC for play. Except it doesn’t always do that. Sometimes, this feature will *cause* lag or other performance problems with your high-end video games. So if you’ve had any glitches with your gaming, and driver updates & upgrades haven’t helped, turn this option … Read more
When we see a really good post on Facebook, we may want to track it and read all of the future comments. Maybe it’s a post about the best Italian food in the region, or a question about who is making and selling facemasks nearby. In any case: There’s a right way and a wrong … Read more
System Restore is a good first option for helping your computer, if it’s acting poorly after an update or recent installation. There are many ways to repair Windows 10, but System Restore is the most gentle. If you run System Restore, it will leave your files alone, and only “roll back time” on Windows and … Read more
Google Meet is another option for videoconferencing, and is now free for *all* to use. https://meet.google.com/ All you need to use it is a Google account. To start a meeting, visit the site and click the big meeting button, and click Continue. Underneath “Meeting ready” is a URL for your meeting — share that with … Read more
OK, I really have to let out a gripe, and it’s about the Doonesbury comics. Every weekend, I pick up my dead tree edition of the newspaper and work my way through it to get to the crossword and comics. And week after week, the Doonesbury strip keeps tweaking me. I can’t stand it. Mr. … Read more
This scam from 2 years ago is making a comeback right now, keep your eyes out for: An email states that someone has tracked your activity on an adult website. For the right price, they will not release video obtained from your computer’s webcam. Supposedly, if you give them money/Bitcoin/giftcards, they will not embarrass you … Read more
Whichever browser you choose, make sure it is syncing your bookmarks. This is useful for two reasons. The first is that if you are syncing to multiple devices, your browser will show you the same bookmarks, from computer to phone to tablet. Add or delete a bookmark, and that change hops to all of your … Read more