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How I Fixed: “A Required CD/DVD Drive Device Is Missing” Upon OS Installation
July 25th, 2013 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, The other day a client gave me her Windows Vista laptop that was in very bad shape. After a quick diagnosis it was apparent that the machine needed a ...more »Third Party Program Updates For The Month Of July
July 23rd, 2013 at 9:07 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, In this March post I told you about a great program that will show you all of your computers third party program vulnerabilities, and then download and install the ...more »Third Party Program Updates For The Month Of May
May 27th, 2013 at 7:39 pm » Comments (1)
Hello everyone, In this March post I told you about a great program that will show you all of your computers third party program vulnerabilities, and then download and install the ...more »Third Party Program Updates For The Month Of April
April 22nd, 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?
April 20th, 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 12: Third Party Program Checkers)
March 12th, 2013 at 3:36 pm » Comments (2)
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 »Another Java Exploit: How To Deactivate And Uninstall Java From Your System
January 13th, 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
December 26th, 2012 at 1:45 pm » Comments (18)
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 »How I Fixed: Windows Media Player Won’t Play Certain Music Files
December 24th, 2012 at 10:03 am » Comments (3)
Hello everyone, I've been working on a 32-bit Windows Vista machine for hours and I finally found the fix. The Vista Windows Media Player would not play certain .MP3 files nor ...more »Windows Programs Won’t Open? Do This!
December 13th, 2012 at 9:27 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, Guest post today by fellow computer repair tech and security guru Brian Meyer. Brian's Select Real Security website is full of Windows security information, as well as some awesome ...more »