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Question from Keenan D.: Hi Rick. I hope you can answer a question I have about using my computer.
I have a 15.6″ Acer Aspire laptop and I usually rest it on my lap when I’m using it because it’s more convenient that way.
My roommate is constantly harping on me to stop holding the laptop on my lap because (according to him) it can cause serious health problems. Is he right?
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Question from Patty J.: I recently found out about the free certificates from Let’s Encrypt. I asked my web host to install it for me so I can make my WordPress blog secure.
I installed the Really Simple SSL plugin and that took care of the redirects from http to https as well as most of the mixed content issues.
But Firefox is still blocking parts of my pages that it claims are still trying to load from insecure sources.
I’ve looked my pages over and I can’t find anything that appears to be loading from an insecure location. Everything on the page appears to be loading from URLs starting with https instead of http.
When I load the pages in Chrome it shows the green padlock with no warnings. It’s only Firefox that’s not cooperating.
I’m pulling my hair out here. How can I find out what Firefox is blocking for being insecure so I can fix it?
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Question from Tom L.: I bought bought my daughter a Mac mini in November 2014 hoping she could use it when she started college in January.
The salesman told me that the only Mac minis they had in stock came with 4GB of RAM but I could always upgrade the RAM to a greater amount later if it turned out that 4GB wasn’t enough.
Well, it turns out that she does need more RAM now in order to run a program she’ll be using for one of her classes next semester.
The problem is she took the computer into Best Buy for a RAM upgrade and they told her that her model of the Mac mini can’t be upgraded. Is that true? She loves this computer and wants to keep using it if she can.
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Question from Darlene G.: I keep receiving a notification on my computer saying Microsoft is going to stop supporting Windows 7 in January.
I really like Windows 7 and I hate the thought of having to upgrade to Windows 10!
Is this really true or is it a scam?
I’ve learned from reading your blog that a lot of scams are spread by notifications like this.
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Question from Juliana P.: I was talking to some friends the other day and someone asked why Microsoft skipped Windows 9 and jumped from Windows 8.1 straight to Windows 10.
None of us knew the answer to that question. Can you tell us why they did it?
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