» by Randy Knowles July 24, 2018 at 8:25 pm » Comments (2)

Hello everyone, The other day I was doing some diagnostics on an older AMD dual core laptop. I was checking out the memory using MemTest 86 ( great little memory testing tool), ...more »

» by Randy Knowles July 2, 2017 at 10:16 pm » Comments (7)

Hello everyone, The great majority of my customers live in a resort/retirement community here in central Tennessee. Since they are older, they don't like change just for change's sake. Most of ...more »

» by Randy Knowles September 23, 2014 at 8:40 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Here are the third party (non-microsoft) progam updates for the month of September. Get updated as soon as possible. Identifier Vendor/Product Version Affected/Date Released by Vendor/Vulnerability Info Vendor ...more »

» by Randy Knowles April 19, 2014 at 10:22 am » Comments (6)

Hello everyone, I got a call the other day from a frantic client. He was an experienced artist and he could not logon to his Windows account. His user account was ...more »

» by Randy Knowles July 25, 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 »

» by Randy Knowles May 30, 2013 at 5:58 pm » Comments (201)

Hello everyone, I'm not one for crazy fixes, but this is what just happened to me: I picked up a Dell Inspiron M5030 laptop from a client a couple of days ago. ...more »

» by Randy Knowles July 18, 2012 at 9:18 am » Comments (76)

Hello everyone, Update: I have a more recent FBI MoneyPak removal post here (another variant of the virus). A client called me today with a machine (Windows 7) infected with the FBI ...more »

» by Randy Knowles October 22, 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 »

» by Randy Knowles August 8, 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 »

» by Randy Knowles May 4, 2011 at 2:54 pm » Comments (0)

  Hello everyone, Many of my elderly clients still use and love Windows XP. They want to try out the new Windows 7, but they are afraid of the learning curve thinking ...more »