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How To Know (For Sure) When Your Caps Lock Is On Or Off
» by Randy Knowles August 13, 2011 at 10:14 pm » Comments (7)
Hello everyone, It absolutely drives me crazy when I'm typing along only to find out that I have the CAPS LOCK on. My USB connected keyboard has a blue light to ...more »Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 2: USB Drive Adapter)
» by Randy Knowles August 1, 2011 at 2:43 pm » Comments (3)
Hello everybody, In part 1 of this series I talked about my four favorite junk file cleaners. In this post I would like to tell you about a tool that literally ...more »Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 1: Junk File Cleaners)
» by Randy Knowles July 26, 2011 at 12:13 pm » Comments (5)
Hello everyone, Where would a plumber be without his plumbing tools? Where would a carpenter be without his woodworking tools? And where would I be without my computer repair technician tools? In ...more »Troubleshoot: Computer Keeps Shutting Down After 5-10 Minutes
» by Randy Knowles July 14, 2011 at 8:48 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, Here is what just happened today: I got a desktop dropped off at the shop which had a problem of shutting itself down after about 5 to 10 minutes. I checked ...more »Sandy Bridge Motherboards: Safe To Go Back In The Water
» by Randy Knowles July 4, 2011 at 11:44 am » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, Back in January, in this post, I wrote about the new Intel second generation processors (Sandy Bridge). I couldn't wait to "get my hands" on one of these fantastic ...more »Meet My New $546 Computer Build!
» by Randy Knowles June 28, 2011 at 10:42 am » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, I just decided to build my own computer and I'm pretty psyched! I've carefully selected my components and I can't wait to get started. I wanted to build an ...more »How I Recover Data From A Failed Hard Drive (Method #2)
» by Randy Knowles June 22, 2011 at 10:20 am » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, I see it all of the time. A clients hard drive will no longer boot up into the Operating System and panic sets in! When I go to ...more »How I Recover Data From A Failed Hard Drive (Method #1)
» by Randy Knowles June 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, I see it all of the time. A clients hard drive will no longer boot up into the Operating System and panic sets in! When I go to their ...more »How I Diagnose Wi-Fi Problems
» by Randy Knowles April 30, 2011 at 12:13 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, One of the most common complaints that I hear from my clients is that of a poor Wi-Fi Internet connection. There are many possible factors that could be causing ...more »Why A New SATA Hard Drive Wasn’t Recognized By The BIOS
» by Randy Knowles April 12, 2011 at 7:55 am » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, The other day I picked up a six year old computer from a client. The computer would not boot and it was obvious that the SATA hard drive was ...more »