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How I Diagnose And Repair Poor Wireless Reception

» by May 19, 2013 at 1:33 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, I've been getting a lot of questions lately about poor wireless reception, so I've decided to share my thoughts: Poor wireless reception can be caused by a multitude of things. ...more »

Third Party Program Updates For The Month Of April

» by April 22, 2013 at 6:54 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Here is a chart of the non-MS patches that affect Windows platforms in the present month of April (one from March). Get updated asap! APSB13-11 Adobe Flash For Windows, 11.6.602.180 and earlier 4/09/2013 Multiple ...more »

Is Microsoft Bringing Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1?

» by April 20, 2013 at 1:01 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Great article from the great Windows guru Woody Leonhard. I personally don't care if Microsoft brings back the Start menu or not. I know though, that many of my ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 13: Hardware Tools)

» by April 2, 2013 at 7:49 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, In the past year and a half or so I’ve repaired over 350 computers. In this series I’m describing the very repair tools that I use daily. If you ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 12: Third Party Program Checkers)

» by March 12, 2013 at 3:36 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, In the past year and a half or so I’ve repaired over 350 computers. In this series I’m describing the very repair tools that I use daily. If you ...more »

How I Removed The FBI MoneyPak Virus (Again)!

» by February 16, 2013 at 2:13 pm » Comments (2)

  Hello everyone, Then FBI MoneyPak virus is still going strong and continues to reek havoc whenever it can. In a previous post I told you how I removed this nasty virus, ...more »

How To Fix: Another Computer On Your Network Is Using Your IP Address

» by January 26, 2013 at 12:37 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Our tech team at school recently received the following question: QUESTION: I keep getting a message that says "Another computer on your network is using your IP Address." When I received this ...more »

Does Your Credit Card Have A Radio Chip?

» by January 20, 2013 at 2:00 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, This may be old news to some, but if not please take a look. If your credit card has an embedded RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip, there are ...more »

Another Java Exploit: How To Deactivate And Uninstall Java From Your System

» by January 13, 2013 at 10:46 am » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, Update 1/13/2013: Oracle has just come up with a patch to fix this latest Java vulnerability. Get it here. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable ...more »

How I Fixed: Network List Service (Vista) Will Not Start

» by December 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm » Comments (3)

Hello everyone, The other day I was working on a Windows Vista computer and I noticed that the Network Icon in the Notification Area (two small blue monitors with a blue globe ...more »