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Question from Aaron S: Hi Rick. I really like your blog and appreciate all the help you give to so many people.
I hope you can help me with an issue I’m having with my HP laptop.
Ever since I updated it to Windows 10 the WiFi automatically disconnects after about 30 minutes and I have to reboot the computer to get it turned back on.
How can I keep the WiFi working until I actually shut the laptop down?
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Question from Oliver P.: I need some advice for choosing an antivirus app for an older computer.
I have a Dell desktop PC with Windows 7 on it. This machine came with a pair of 2GB RAM sticks installed for a total of 4GB of RAM.
One of the RAM sticks went bad so I removed it.
I not going to replace the bad RAM stick because I’m planning to just use this computer offline for various things since Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows 7.
Question from Angela S.: I hope you can help me with a computer problem, Rick.
I have a 2016 model 15″ MacBook Pro that has always worked perfectly till last night.
When I turned it on this morning the screen stayed black. Everything else seems to be working.
I tried closing and opening the lid a few times and turning the machine off and on but it always stays black.
Do you think the screen is bad? If it is how much will it cost to get it fixed?
I really can’t afford to spend too much due to my current financial situation.
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Question from Mike T.: The screen in my laptop went bad and I’m getting ready to buy a new one.
The old machine is a Dell Inspiron 14 5000 that I bought back in January 2015.
Since the old Dell has 16GB of RAM in it I was wondering if it’s possible to buy a new laptop with just 4GB of RAM and then swap the RAM from the Dell into the new laptop?
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Question from Carlos: I have an older laptop that’s still running Windows XP and I have question about it.
I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux, and since XP has been orphaned by Microsoft I’d like to do that so I can keep using this machine.
My laptop is a Dell Latitude D620 that has been upgraded to 4GB of RAM and 320GB hard drive. I’m not sure about the video card if that matters.
Can you recommend the best version of Linux to install on this computer? There are so many Linux versions to choose from and I have no idea which one to pick.
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