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Does it seem like your laptop’s battery charge runs out sooner than it should? Well, it seems like they always do to me.
Assuming that the laptop battery isn’t defective, there are a number of power settings that you can tweak in order to make a charge last as long as possible.
The key is determining which settings to tweak in order to gain the most benefit without hampering your ability to use your laptop effectively.
Question from Aaron G.: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) has started crashing at random times and displaying a blue screen with an error message.
The error message always says the PC ran into a problem and it needs to restart.
This line is always at the bottom of the error screen:
Stop Code MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Does that mean my computer has a bad RAM stick?
I took a picture of the error message with my phone and attached it to this email. Can you take a look at it and tell me what I need to do? Thanks.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Kelly: I’ve heard it’s possible to run Android apps on a Windows computer.
I have a couple of questions:
1 – Is that true?
2 – If it is, how do I do it?
I have a couple of apps on my phone that I use a LOT and I’d love to be able to use them on my Acer laptop with Windows 10.
Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Kelly. And as it turns out you can indeed run Android apps on a Windows PC! [Read more…]
Question from Scott: I have a relatively old Linksys router that my son recently installed DD-WRT on, and it works really well.
Last night I heard a guy say that it’s illegal to replace a router’s firmware with third-party firmware. I love DD-WRT but I don’t want either myself or my son to get into trouble over it.
Can you tell me if it’s really against the law to replace a router’s factory firmware with open-source firmware like DD-WRT? It seems to me that if it was you wouldn’t be able to download it.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As you probably know, Facebook is a favorite playground for scammers and hoaxsters.
It seems like a new scam or hoax pops up on a daily basis while others seem to come and go like the tides.
Right now a very dangerous recurring scam is once again targeting Facebook Messenger users.
The actual scams being perpetrated vary quite a bit but most of them typically work something like this: [Read more…]