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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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Question from Carolyn L: A convenience store not far from where we live recently closed and the owners sold all the equipment at auction.
My daughter and I bought their very old, but working security system to monitor certain areas of our little craft store.
It came with two security cameras, two monitors and the cables to connect them to two VCRs for recording the video from the cameras.
A friend of mine hooked everything up for us and it all seems to work ok except for one problem. Both monitors have a ghost image that appears to show the convenience store’s parking lot from two different angles.
The images from inside our store are displayed on the monitors but the ghost images are displayed on top of them, making it hard to follow what’s going on inside the store.
Why are those ghost images on there and how can we get rid of them?
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Question from Brandie: I recently started doing some shopping on Amazon (#ad), and I absolutely love it!
Their selection is simply astounding and their prices are very reasonable.
For the most part everything is very easy to understand or figure out as I go, but I’m still learning the ropes about some things.
For example, every now and then I’ll come across a product that’s listed as an “Add-On Item”.
I’m not really sure what that means. Can you tell me?
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Question from Robin G.: Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.
I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.
I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.
Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!
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