Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #163 – I Give Up on the 5.25 Inch Disks!
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– Advice on SoundFlower a Mac OS X (10.2 and later) system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications
– How to disable error reporting and why
– Loud computer/fan repair
– Use monitor wipes & wet/dry vac w/ brush on the laptop before you hand it back
– Angie’s List
– You have to adjust applications in msconfig in all Windows profile accounts!
– Dell Studio laptops have bad speakers
– Could not get a Vista machine to boot into Windows from the Welcome screen
– Lost’s Black Smoke Monster came out of a laptop
– Great Tech Debate and Podnutz Twitter announcements
– Martha Stewart on Leno about Twitter
– How to get info off of a 5.25 disk to a current computer? We give up!
– Tracking how customers find our shop. Marketing 101
Voice Mail from Andrew The Computer Guy
– How’s business? He is getting annihilated.
– Simon and his apoxy for Mitch
Email from Bob
– Is your computer covered under warranty
– Scareware epidemic bilks cautious computer users (Fox News)
Email from David
– OEM license dies with motherboard?
Email from Ray
– Problems with PodNutz Lounge
– Charging for installing Linux Mint
– He set up a Linux machine in his shop for customers to try (EPIC !!)
Email from Joel
– Ebay seller that replaces laptop motherboard chips. Crazy?
– No charge if they cannot fix it
Email from Chris
– Do you leave your cleaning tools on the customer’s PC?
Email from Bob
– Linux on SATA/IDE drives (I think)
Email from Rolando
– How do you pull an AC jack from a motherboard?
– Steve explains how to get a jack off (pun not intended)
Email from DoorToDoorGeek
– Get your driver downloads at NoDevice.com
– 2 types of techs: fixers and reinstallers (epic)
– exelib.com the fastest growing, most accurate, database of executable programs
Live call from Ben
– Podnutz is #46 in the technology field on PodCastAlley.com
– #16 on iTunes
– Recording Skype on Windows Mac
– Übercaster $80
– Wire Tap Pro $69
– Call Recorder $14.95
– Audio Hijack Pro $32
Ben’s Hackintosh and the links FLOW:
– iATKOS
– iDeneb 10.5.6
– Boot 132
– Tweeie for Mac (“No adobe air crud” ~ Ben)
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