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Inside your wrist, leading into your palm, is a passageway known as the carpal tunnel (consisting of bones and connective tissue) that serves as a conduit of sorts for several tendons and the median nerve.
It’s a tight fit in there but for most people, most of the time, everything works just right. Because the median nerve has so little room, however, any irritation of the tissue or inflammation of the tendons can cause problems like pain, numbness, and tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, as well as the inner (thumb) side of the ring finger. Other symptoms may include pain extending up the arm, weak grip strength, and after a long period of time, the muscles at the base of the thumb may waste away as well.
While this condition, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be caused by factors like obesity, pregnancy, and rheumatoid arthritis, one of the more common triggers is work-place related activities (repetitive movement and manipulating activities). Among the work-place activities that lead to carpal tunnel syndrome, the three most common are computer work, work with vibrating tools, and work that requires a strong grip.
If just reading this at your computer is making you nervous, you can take heart in the debate surrounding carpal tunnel syndrome causes. While increased presentation of carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms is definitely associated with heavy computer use, there is still a great deal of debate as to whether or not the heavy use causes the syndrome or merely activates it in the small percentage of the population genetically predisposed to it.
There is more to an Internet connection’s speed than just its bandwidth. This is especially true with satellite Internet connections, which can offer speeds of up to 15 Mbps – but will still feel slow.
Many people have the attitude that it doesn’t matter if their router is older because their phone, laptop, or other wireless gear isn’t cutting edge anyways. Even if you don’t have brand new tech toys you still benefit from upgrading a dated router.
Computers don’t come with operating system installation CDs anymore. If your operating system won’t boot, you’ll need a bootable recovery drive to fix it. All operating systems allow you to create these.
Private browsing mode doesn’t offer complete privacy, but it does prevent your browser from saving your history, searches, cookies, and other private data between browsing sessions. You can have your browser always start in private-browsing mode if you prefer it.
If you log in to Windows with a Microsoft account, the Windows 10 sign in screen shows the name and email address for the last user that signed in. It’s convenient, but if you use your computer in public or leave it unattended, you might not want people being able to see that personal information.
In addition to the standard spell checking tool, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook can also check spelling and grammar as you type, indicating errors using colored, squiggly lines under the text. However, if all the squiggly lines are too distracting, you can turn one or both of these features off.
If your laptop’s internal Wi-Fi adapter is dead, or just doesn’t have enough power to get the kind of speed you were hoping for, you might want to look into installing a third-party adapter that can boost the signal. Here’s what you need to know.
As you learn about using the command line and what the various commands can do, you may wonder why you get such different results for what appears to be nearly identical commands. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a confused reader understand the differences.
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If you’ve ever recorded a video on your smartphone, only to find it sideways or upside down, then you know how frustrating it can be to watch it later. If you use Windows, there are a couple of excellent ways to fix this problem.