Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Why am I getting disconnected from the Internet every 3 minutes?

Posted on October 8, 2019

Question from Cal: I’ve had the same Internet service through Charter for 4 years with no problems whatsoever.

But a few days ago the strangest thing started happening.

I’ll start playing a game and after exactly 3 minutes (I timed it) the Internet will disconnect and it’ll say “Attempting to reconnect”.

Every time this happens I always have to restart my computer in order to re-establish the connection.

It only does this when I’m playing a game, but it does it with every game I play. It doesn’t disconnect at all when I’m using the Internet for other things or watching Hulu.

Any idea what could be causing this?

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Q&A: Why did my blog start showing the old versions of posts I’ve updated after installing CloudFlare?

Posted on September 30, 2019

Question from Elise: I’m hoping you can help me fix a problem I’m having with my WordPress blog.

My blog pages started loading real slowly a few weeks ago and I read somewhere online that installing CloudFlare on it would speed it up.

Well, I installed CloudFlare and sure enough the pages immediately started loading a LOT faster. Needless to say, I was delighted!

But then I noticed a problem. Whenever I update a post it shows the updated version when I view it on my computer, but it shows the old version (the way it was before I updated it) when I view it on my phone.

I called several friends of mine and asked them if they were seeing the new versions of the posts (I told them what the changes were so they’d know what to look for). Every one of them are seeing the old versions of my updated posts.

I’m the only person that’s seeing the updates, and that’s only when I’m looking at the posts on my computer. I still see the older versions when I use my phone.

Why is this happening, and how can I fix it?

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Windows 10 reaches a major milestone: It now runs on over half of the world’s personal computers.

Posted on September 11, 2019

Like it or not, the future of Windows computers lies in Windows 10.

After all, Windows 7 is scheduled to officially be abandoned by Microsoft in January 2020.

Windows 8.1 will be around for a couple years longer but it’s scheduled to be abandoned as well in January 2023.

Windows 10 has been slowly increasing its foothold in the marketplace for a while now, and according to the latest stats from NetMarketShare it’s now running on over half (50.99%) of all the world’s personal computers.

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Q&A: Why am I still missing some of your posts after joining your tech group on Facebook?

Posted on September 10, 2019

Question from Elaine: Hi Rick. I’m hoping you can help me.

I joined your Rick’s Tech Tips group on Facebook a couple of months ago to make sure I didn’t miss any of your posts.

I just found out however that I’m not being notified every time you publish a new post (and I want to be!).

How can I fix this so I can see all of your posts?

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