The big payoff for Internet videoclips will be in things like a sports car demo, an installation manual for an air conditioner, or maybe a tutorial on dog tricks.

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For instance, after the installation seemed done, I discovered I had lost the Wi-Fi Internet connection on both machines and had to temporarily turn off the firewall to restore it and then upgrade my antivirus software.

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