Reset a Windows Password
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
I’m sure it’s happened to many people out there, I’ve seen it often enough here at the store. Forgetting your logon password for Windows can be a real hassle, especially if you have important files on the computer. You can always load up in safe mode to create a new user account, but [...]
Read More..>>Dell Laptops Prefer Dell Parts
Posted on November 20, 2008 - Filed Under Electronics, computer repair, computers, gadgets | Leave a Comment
I had purchased a used XPS a while back but it’s power adapter was dead. Dell charges $106 + tax for the proper replacement, so in an attempt to save some money I ordered one on eBay. The product description said it would support this particular model and it was only around $30 [...]
Read More..>>My Laptop Needs a Drink
Posted on October 2, 2008 - Filed Under Business, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
Contrary to apparent popular belief, laptops do not get thirsty. So far this week I’ve taken a look at 2 different laptop computers that had liquid spilled on them. In both cases they were no longer in working condition. One wouldn’t do anything at all, even the charge light stayed dark when [...]
Read More..>>I got a Virus!
Posted on September 25, 2008 - Filed Under Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
I was at home. I saw a file. It was supposed to contain something I wanted, but I knew better. I really did. I knew something bad would happen if I clicked it.
I clicked it.
Half of these weren’t there a few seconds earlier.
Within 30 seconds I had a half dozen pop-ups [...]
Holy Crap, Viruses! (Virii?)
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
It’s been a busy few days here, lots of computers coming in with bad virus problems. Again! This time it’s a rash of similar ones such as XP Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2009, Virus Scanner 2008 and so on. At first these appear to be legit virus scanners, suddenly popping up near [...]
Read More..>>AVG 8.0
Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
AVG has been my favorite virus scanner for quite some time now because it doesn’t take a lot of resources and seems to do a pretty good job. Version 7.5 free was pretty good but they ended support for that a while ago. When they killed support for 7.5 they cranked out a [...]
Read More..>>Format and Windows Re-install
Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
There’s been quite a few computers brought in lately that were loaded with viruses and other little problems, so I’ve been busy with formats and windows installs. File moving services are usually needed in the process since people don’t want to lose their pictures and large music collections. My normal rates for that [...]
Read More..>>Notebook Security
Posted on April 2, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
Keeping your laptop computer safe is a challenging thing these days. A friend of mine once left his in the back seat of his car while he went in to a store for a few minutes. When he came back out it was gone, the window had been smashed, so along with [...]
Read More..>>Capacitors
Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under Electronics, computer repair | Leave a Comment
I spent half the day today de-soldering capacitors and taking them off old motherboards. Usually ancient crappy boards (socket 7/370/A) that are no longer working. What prompted this was a computer I had to fix the other day. The only apparent problem was a single leaking capacitor, so I pulled one off [...]
Read More..>>MSN Viruses on the Loose
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Insurance, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
Things have been getting pretty busy at the store lately, especially in regards to computer repairs. So far this week I’ve had 5 computers in, all with virus & spyware problems. One of them was particularly nasty and I still haven’t managed to get it all cleaned out properly. So far AVG [...]
Read More..>>Keep Windows Clean & Fresh
Posted on March 1, 2008 - Filed Under computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
The Windows operating system is a beast. It runs great for a while but eventually it starts to slow down due to unoptimized files, spyware, viruses and general clutter. Even dust inside the computer can have an adverse effect on it’s performance so it’s good to get it cleaned out every 6 months [...]
Read More..>>Spyware
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
It seems to be that time of the month again, for infected computers I mean. The last few computers I’ve worked on this week have all been crippled by spyware. Two of them had those registry ‘fix’ programs installed on them and of course they were just running an older version of [...]
Read More..>>Repair all? Feels that way.
Posted on November 1, 2007 - Filed Under Amused, computer repair, gadgets | Leave a Comment
There’s a shop near here called Repair All. They’ll fix pretty much anything. There’s also a Nail shop down the road, who apparently has me confused with Repair All. Bringing in their various fingernail toasting machines with broken cords and telephone head sets with broken cords. I think the Vietnamese female mentality of a temporary [...]
Read More..>>Popped Caps
Posted on October 31, 2007 - Filed Under computer repair | Leave a Comment
I haven’t seen a motherboard with popped capacitors in a while, but a computer came in today that just wasn’t turning on anymore. I tested the power supply first and that was fine, which typically means bad motherboard or very rarely, bad CPU. I checked the capacitors on the motherboard and sure enough, most of [...]
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