In this episode, Erik purchases his new Linksys EA9500 Max-Stream™ AC5400 MU-MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router.  Draft law could put encryption at risk, reportedly under the guise of protecting against child pornography.  Proposed Maryland law would make possession of malware a crime.  Our first caller looks for a way to create a full image copy of his new Windows 10 laptop.  Also he wonders how often he needs to back up his computer, and we give advice on backup software to use.  A caller with many backups from older computers wonders how to tell his older backups apart so that he can back up his new computer.  He also wonders how to "cut the cord" considering he has DirectTV satellite service along with fiber optic internet.  A listener who has two old TI-99/4A computers asks how to give them away or dispose of them.  A user with a new Dell computer has problems with getting some Windows 10 updates to install properly.  An HP Envy laptop user laptop user calls to find out why his computer was failing to start.

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