January 20th, 2014 at 11:41 am » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, The SSD (Solid State Drive) is the greatest invention since "sliced bread". Installing an SSD can cut boot times down to below ten seconds and open programs so fast ...more »

May 19th, 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 »

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 »

May 5th, 2012 at 12:04 pm » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, I got a computer from a client yesterday and when I started to repair it, I couldn't access hardly any of the tools in Control Panel (Windows XP). I ...more »

March 6th, 2012 at 8:47 pm » Comments (58)

Hello everyone, Note: Part 2 (October 2014) of this post can be found here. Part 3 (June 2015) can be found here. I have run into this situation twice in the past ...more »

February 4th, 2012 at 1:25 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, I really never thought I'd be writing a post about dial-up access, but here I am! A nice lady called me the other day and asked me if I ...more »

January 20th, 2012 at 11:01 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 »

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 »

August 8th, 2011 at 9:50 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, I got this comment from Andrei today about one of my previous posts in which I had said that Windows 7 had fewer unnecessary services running compared to Windows ...more »

November 4th, 2010 at 8:35 pm » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, I am so tired of background programs (software applications) that load and run without even being launched! These numerous programs (called services) are invisible to the average computer user ...more »