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Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 7: Bootable Rescue Disks)

October 29th, 2011 at 12:28 pm » Comments (2)

    Hello everyone, In the past year and a half or so I've repaired over 300 computers. In this series I'm describing the very repair tools that I use daily. If you ...more »

How I Fixed A Logitech Webcam Blue Screen Issue

October 22nd, 2011 at 9:37 pm » Comments (6)

  Hello everyone, An elderly couple asked me to order them a new computer to replace their nine year old Compaq desktop (Windows XP, pentium 4 cpu, 512 MB of RAM). I ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 6: CrystalDiskInfo and SeaTools)

October 12th, 2011 at 2:04 pm » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, The very first thing that I do when I repair a computer is to check the state of the Hard Drive. I didn't always do this and I had ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 5: Clonezilla)

October 1st, 2011 at 5:01 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, This is part 5 of a series. You can see parts 1,2, 3, and 4  by clicking on the numbers. How would you like to copy the entire contents of ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 4: Ninite)

September 9th, 2011 at 8:14 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I talked about my favorite Junk File Cleaners, and in part 2 I told you about the incredible USB Drive Adapter. Then in ...more »

Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 3: Fab’s AutoBackup)

September 2nd, 2011 at 7:54 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I talked about my favorite Junk File Cleaners, and in part 2 I told you about the incredible USB Drive Adapter. Today, my ...more »

Are Your Data Packets Being “Sniffed”?

August 20th, 2011 at 7:50 am » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Many of my elderly clients do not secure their wireless network. As I drive around my area of service, on any given day and on any given street, I ...more »

How To Know (For Sure) When Your Caps Lock Is On Or Off

August 13th, 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 1: Junk File Cleaners)

July 26th, 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 »

Unpatched Third Party Apps Will Open Your PC To Malware Infection

June 27th, 2011 at 4:10 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Many of my first time clients can't understand why they get infected. They do all of the "right things", but they still get bit. Our initial conversation ...more »