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Question from Merrill D.: I’m a member of two different gaming forums that I post on almost every day.
My little brother wants to sign up for them too but when he tries they always tell him his IP address already has an account associated with it (I assume that it’s my account).
Why do those websites think our computers both have the same IP address? We have Charter Internet and a modem/router combo box if that makes a difference.
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Question from Billie P.: I was included in a group text last night and I spent the next hour and a half listening to my iPhone beep almost constantly as the responses came in.
I wasn’t even interested in the subject they were discussing but the beeps kept coming anyway. It annoyed me so much I ended up turning my phone off.
Is there any way to block everyone’s responses to a group text on an iPhone 6s?
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Question from David K.: My computer has Windows 7 and there is a file named csrss.exe running according to Task Manager. Actually, there are two of them. They are in system.
Some websites say this file is a virus, and others say it isn’t. How do I know?
Rick’s answer: David, csrss.exe is a critical system file, not a virus. The filename is actually an acronym that stands for Client/Server Run-Time Subsystem.
It is perfectly normal to see this file listed in Task Manager (often twice) as it loads into memory every time Windows starts up. [Read more…]
Question from Rhonda P.: I’ve heard that you can upgrade a router’s software to make it more up to date.
I have a Netgear RangeMax WNDR3700 that still works great and I was wondering if it can be upgraded to make it work like an “AC” router? That way I wouldn’t have to buy a new one.
Thanks for your help!
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Question from Taylor K.: Hi Rick! I have a question about iCloud backups that I hope you can answer for me.
I took your advice and set my iPhone to automatically back everything up to iCloud. Today I noticed that my backups have just about used up all my iCloud storage, and most of that space is taken up by my pictures.
Is there any way to exclude the pictures on my iPhone from the iCloud backups? I always copy the pictures I take to my computer anyway so I don’t really need them backed up to iCloud too.
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