So you don't have to worry about those being deleted, right? Right.

That's something that if you've gone through the effort to save into the manager, even if it's just the one built into your browser, Google Password Manager or Edge Password Manager, they do not get cleared unless you specifically select them to be cleared when going through and doing this.

But it is a pretty clear checkbox that is not checked by default.

So...

You know, that's again, something to just keep an eye out for.

Some websites may load a little slowly after you clear the cache and cookies.

That's just because that website has to get those new temporary files again, which keeps the website up to date on your end.

But in the meantime, you can check out the website over at refreshcomputers.net. And now back to Adam.

If you do go ahead and go forward with Bitdefender on your PC, should you disable Microsoft Defender?

So that's a good question, honestly.

And the nice thing with Windows is it already has a built-in recognition for that kind of that conflict you're talking about.

Having multiple antivirus programs on your computer really can cause a lot of slowdown because those programs are almost fighting over performance and processing of files.

And a lot of them end up on the same scanning schedule.

So now you have two programs trying to scan the same files at the same time.

Your system really, really slows down.

Yep.

now that's specifically more towards the mechanical drives the older style drives when it comes to an ssd is there really anything that shows itself when you start maybe you're concerned about this drive starting to fail or is it just more out of the blue

Well, that's actually a good point.

The interesting thing with solid states is they are super fast drives already.

And when they start going bad, you do see a slowdown, but it's not something I would call obvious.

It's not like mechanical drives where you go to open a file and you can go make a cup of coffee.

Solid states, you may have to sit there for just a couple extra seconds for the file to open, which, you know, looking at just our computers and our devices, you wouldn't think of anything just a couple seconds.

Right.

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Oh, thank you, Greg.

And again, thank you, Sunday Crew.

Sunday Crew.

For tuning into this episode of Tech Talk with Refresh Computers.

So in this segment, we're going to be talking about just the latest pop-up scams.

And this is a big one because this is actually starting to impact and get people that work in the IT field.

But if you are someone that has accidentally gone through and done these steps, there are things that you can do to try and get some of those files back and kind of work through to get everything restored back to your control, right? Right.

It felt good to be able to help somebody out with that.

And that's one of the best things I think we can look at it is it's not so much about always about deterrent of who stole your phone and trying to get your information.

But there are just honest mistakes that happen.

We misplace our stuff.

It gets lost.

And a good Samaritan like Greg comes along and goes above and beyond to get it back in your hands.

So, it's important, again, really setting these up because if you do lose your phone, end of the day, if you've got that backup of it, you are just out the money for the phone, the device, and if you go through and reset it, then that person who has it right now, it has a paperweight.

Well, that's because they're gathering a lot of information and then possibly selling it to third parties at this point,

the way that they've developed it now, you can get 4K, even some 8K video at some unbelievably low rates.

And it used to cripple your whole home internet.

If somebody's watching something on Netflix in 4K years ago, it was, hey, turn that off.

I'm trying to trying to download the spreadsheet and it says it'll take 10 hours.

So, you know, there are plans now that are really over the top.

And I'll be quite honest, you know, me at home, I'm getting a gigabit, but I'm a tech pal, you know.

I love having the fastest speeds available.

And You can save a lot of money by downgrading, and you won't notice a difference at all of service.