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Question from Audrey: I’ve been needing a new wireless router for a while now and I recently began shopping online for one.
I’m pretty tech-savvy and I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about routers but there’s a term that I keep seeing that I’d never heard of before.
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Question from Glenda: I’ve been following your Facebook page for several years but a couple of months ago your posts stopped showing up in my Newsfeed.
I read a post you wrote a while back that said when that happens to go to your Timeline and Like, Comment and Share a few posts every day for about a week to get them to start coming into the Newsfeed again.
I’ve done that three times during the past couple of month but Facebook always stops showing me your posts again after just a day or two.
How can I fix this? I love your tips and I don’t want to miss any of them.
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Question from Aaron G.: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) has started crashing at random times and displaying a blue screen with an error message.
The error message always says the PC ran into a problem and it needs to restart.
This line is always at the bottom of the error screen:
Stop Code MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Does that mean my computer has a bad RAM stick?
I took a picture of the error message with my phone and attached it to this email. Can you take a look at it and tell me what I need to do? Thanks.
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Question from Kelly: I’ve heard it’s possible to run Android apps on a Windows computer.
I have a couple of questions:
1 – Is that true?
2 – If it is, how do I do it?
I have a couple of apps on my phone that I use a LOT and I’d love to be able to use them on my Acer laptop with Windows 10.
Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Kelly. And as it turns out you can indeed run Android apps on a Windows PC! [Read more…]
Question from Scott: I have a relatively old Linksys router that my son recently installed DD-WRT on, and it works really well.
Last night I heard a guy say that it’s illegal to replace a router’s firmware with third-party firmware. I love DD-WRT but I don’t want either myself or my son to get into trouble over it.
Can you tell me if it’s really against the law to replace a router’s factory firmware with open-source firmware like DD-WRT? It seems to me that if it was you wouldn’t be able to download it.
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