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I’m still seeing a LOT of these showing up, and clients still contact me to see if they are legitimate. Here’s how to identify this scam.   There’s a good chance you’ve gotten one of these emails at some point over the past several months. The scammers have been sen…

Do you have all your photos automatically saved to your Google Photos account? What if you want to download all those photos and save them to your computer? Here’s how.   Storing all of your photos on Google Photos is a good thing. It’s kind of like an automatic backup for the …

Do you have all your photos automatically saved to your Google Photos account? What if you want to download all those photos and save them to your computer? Here’s how.   Storing all of your photos on Google Photos is a good thing. It’s kind of like an automatic backup for the …

If your computer is currently running Windows 10, like most Windows computers currently are, there’s a new major update that’s just been released – it’s Windows 11. It’s not something you want yet. For quite some time, Microsoft said that the last version of Windows…

If your hard drive starts to show signs of failure, you want to know that as soon as possible. Here’s how to get that alert nice and early. When someone says to you, “I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first?” what do you say? For me, I am a “bad news first&…

Did you know that Google Chrome can run a quick Safety Check on your computer? Here’s how to do it.   Open Chrome, and click the 3 dots in the top right, and choose Settings. Then, scroll down to the Safety Check session and click on “Check now”. Chrome will take a fe…

There are some people who use computers, but don’t do text messages.  That sometimes presents a problem for them, but there’s a way to get around it.   Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. When you go to set up a new Microsoft account, one of the things the…

When you’re online, do you find yourself constantly having to manually type in your name and address when creating a new account? Here’s how to do that with one click.   You know what I’m talking about. You see something on the internet you want to purchase, and it’…

Your Windows computer has a clipboard feature that you are probably not even aware of!   Before I tell you today’s tip, a little background or “setup” information so that everyone is on the same page. One of the most useful features of a computer is the ability to Cut an…