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Question from Kenneth L.: My friend and I have had the exact same HP laptop for over 4 years.
He insists that he bought his laptop several months before I bought mine, but I’m certain that I bought mine first.
Is there any way to tell which computer was bought first? We have a sizable bet riding on the outcome.
Thanks!
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Question from Lee W.: I recently completed a gig that a buyer had purchased from me on Fiverr.
That left me with $4 in my Fiverr account (and the $4 has cleared, making it available for use).
I tried to use that $4 as partial payment for a gig that I want to order but the order page takes me directly to PayPal where it tries to collect the entire $5 without using the $4 that’s in my Fiverr account.
I know that I’ve used my Fiverr account balance to pay for gigs before, but it won’t let me do it now. Why not?
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Question from Kailey.: I need help, Rick.
Someone I don’t even know sent me a message on Facebook. He said he has my IP address and he’ll use it to get me into trouble if I don’t agree to accept his friend request.
I don’t know this man and I don’t want to become his friend. What kind of trouble can he cause for me if he really does know my IP address?
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Question from Jane C.: I made a huge mistake Rick and I hope you can help me.
I accidentally clicked “Format” on the wrong drive and ended up formatting a USB flash drive with over 100 important photos on it!
Is there any way to “unformat” a drive that was formatted by mistake? Or maybe there’s some other way to retrieve the files?
I’ll be heartbroken if I’ve lost all those pictures!
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Question from Kelly: I’m an admin on a large Facebook group that now has over 60,000 members.
This is a wonderful group that discusses ways for people to assist loved ones who suffer from a certain debilitating disease.
The problem is the person that created the group (who is also an admin) has stopped making useful posts and now posts nothing but SPAM. I have a feeling he’s selling posts on the group to third-party businesses.
My question is do you know of a way to kick that person out of the group and ban him? Everything I’ve read says I can’t but I thought maybe you know of a way to do it.
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