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Question from Jaime S.: I’ve been on LinkedIn for about a year now and I’ve made quite a few connections. The problem is I don’t know how many because it just says 500+ on my profile.
How can I see the exact number of connections I’ve made so far with my LinkedIn account?
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Question from Karren: My cable modem and wireless router are sitting on a table in my living room, which is located on the first floor near the end of my house.
I have a fairly large home and the Wi-Fi signal is extremely weak in a couple of the second floor bedrooms.
My grandchildren stay with me several nights every month, and I’d like for them to be able to use the Wi-Fi while they’re in their bedrooms.
If I bought a second wireless router would I be able to use it to extend the existing router’s Wi-Fi signal to cover the entire second floor?
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Question from Ferrell G.: Rick, the best computer I have ever owned has finally died on me and I need to replace it.
The thing is I’ve heard horrible things about both Windows 8 and Windows 10, but none of the stores I’ve been to have any Windows 7 machines left.
Do you know if it’s still possible to even buy a PC with Windows 7 on it? If so, where?
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Question from Sammy L.: I have a question for you Rick. Can I install both windows 7 and Windows 10 on the same computer at the same time?
My computer has Windows 7 on it and I have the little icon to upgrade it to Windows 10.
What I’d like to do is clone Windows 7 onto a second hard drive then upgrade the original Windows 7 to Windows 10. Then I could choose which version of Windows I want to boot to with the boot menu.
Do you think this will work or will it cause problems? I’d love to give Windows 10 a try but I’m not sure if I’ll like it so I want to keep Windows 7 too.
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Question from Helen: I finally got around to getting on Facebook after years of prodding from my daughter, and I have a question about it.
My grandson taught me how to put up pictures and type stuff, but that’s about it.
I recently started seeing words with the # symbol in front of them. Can you tell me what are they for?
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