Fujitsu T4000 tablet pc that was dropped
Fans come on during power up
No video, status indicator blinks and the scroll lock light blinks.
Fujitsu T4000 replacement motherboard: $350
I will replace it once he receives it.
Podnutz listener shipped me a laptop to repair.
HP dv9000 hinge replacement due to heat?
Replaced the hinge and powered on the machine
Noticed the video was not quite right. Strange colors.
Blaming the carrier for too much banging around while enroute.
No longer taking anymore shipped laptops. Too risky.
Reinstalling Windows:
A parallel install of Windows keeps
the old operating system still intact on the machine (just in case)
We forgot to remove the previous operating system
before handing it back to the customer.
Customer chose the old OS upon start up and brought the PC back.
How to remove the old installation
Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and Recovery
System Startup/Edit
— delete the line that is the old operating system.
Sony Vaio PCV-v300g given to me to sell in the shop.
I might buy it from him but it takes me back down to XP
It runs really fast and snappy.
Xbox needs fios transferred from a disk to the Xbox
Removed the Xbox hard drive and connected externally
to my computer — not recognized by Windows or Linux
You have to transfer the files via FTP
using a crossover cable or through a network.
Laptop with Unmountable Boot Volume Blue Screen
Here is how I fix this:
Put in an XP disk
Boot into the disks recovery console
Run chkdsk/r (45 mins)
Run fixboot and rewrite the boot sector.
Connectivity issues once Verizon fios was installed
CompaQ laptop about 7 yrs old
Supports only WEP and not WPA
Voice Mail from Larry:
Great Dell support for a Frozen Dell Latitude 600 Series
Password for bios and the hard drive
Voice Mail from a new listener
Hackintosh: Build Intel computer and run an Apple OS?
OSX86
Voice Mail from Simon
Infected USB flash drives due to XP AntiSpyware 2008/2009
Solution:
Download Autoruns and use the Image Hijacks tab
to see the explorer.exe hjack and remove it.
Voice Mail from a new listener:
Solution for eye strain is to lower the monitor and tilt it upwards.
What printer do you prefer? I use a Samsung laser printer
What is the free remote software you mentioned?
TeamViewer, LogMeIn, UltraVNC, SingleClick and ReMobo.
Laptop videos will be out before Christmas.
Email from Brad
AVG 8 not updating if SuperAntiSpyware is running.
Email from Wendy:
Eye strain may mean you need glasses.
Email from Roger:
Lower the brightness on the monitor to reduce eye strain.
In FireFox Ctrl and plus or minus will change the font of a web page
and FF will remember your last setting and automatically
adjust the font when you come to the web page.
Buy.com has Norton AV 2009 for $16.99
Email from Elgin:
Windows Data Recovery through
Stellar Phoenix and Recover My Files
Email from Jason:
Issues with IE8 and using the Compatibility View to fix.
(It is next to the refresh button)
Live Call from Nebben (Ben)
Advice and suggestions for Andrew asking about a Green PC.
Dell Inspiron 530s uses just 250w, less plastic and less metal
Eco-friendly monitor should also be considered using just 23w
Kill-A-Watt assesses how electrically efficient your appliance (PC) is running.
Also consider replacing your wires with cloth wires
you can find some at sundialwire.com
Adobe released updates for Acrobat and Flash
that protect against click-jacking.
What is Click Jacking?
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