Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 082926 After a long health struggle and nearly 3 weeks in the hospital, I am back and hopefully on the road to recovery. I am go glad to be back! Autumn is 3 weeks away… to me it seemed like summer lasted 3 weeks. Today, as we do (almost) every Saturday, we’re… Read More »
An Easy Way to Back Up Your Bookmarks This tip is for Chrome, Edge, & Firefox browsers, running on Windows 10 or 11. If you are like us, you have saved a fairly large number of bookmarks (Favorites) over the years. Also, if you’re like us, you don’t give much thought to backing up your bookmarks (Favorites). Sure,… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 080126 Today begins the final full month of summer – if you’re of the meteorological type, autumn begins September 1. Either way, summer is (like all of us) running out of time. And like we do every Saturday, we’re featuring some of the questions and answers from past issues of our InfoAve… Read More »
How to Turn On the Scareware Blocker in Microsoft Edge We’ve all seen them: those terrifying pop-up alerts that scream your computer is infected with 47 viruses, or that your system is about to crash unless you call a toll-free “Microsoft Support” number immediately. Or even worse, it locks your screen and prevents you from doing anything on… Read More »
Saturday Bonus Questions and Answers – 062726 ATTN: Windows 10 users. Microsoft just extended its ESU (Extended Security Update) program through October 17, 2027. Details coming. Looks like summer is heating up all over – Europe is melting, and the big heat is coming for Darcy and me this week. 100 degree days (40 °C) are on the… Read More »
The Free VPN Hidden Right inside Your Windows PC If you watch any video online or listen to a podcast, you’ve probably been bombarded by ads for paid VPN services. They love to use scare tactics—making it sound like a hacker is waiting behind every corner to steal your identity if you don’t fork over a monthly subscription… Read More »