Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #60 – The Listeners Take Over The Show
DriverPacks has been assisting me with downgrades from Vista to XP
because it finds many of the drivers. I use Google for the rest.
Example:
HP DV6000 came with Vista and I installed XP
DriverPacks found all the drivers for XP except video and audio
Googled: dv6000 XP drivers video
Found needed drivers that way.
Computer would not power on:
Told the customer it was his power supply.
Insert foot-into-mouth
Turned out to be his motherboard.
He was not happy.
Remember:
If your motherboard is shot
At first glance it can APPEAR like a power supply problem.
Of course, the motherboard replacement costs more.
Hence, unhappy customer.
Email from Andrew:
Mikogo: An alternative to online meetings.
Email from Steve D’Amico:
Steve knows I like to save known-good laptop motherboards
and mount them most anywhere. It’s a working computer system!
He sends this link:
Datamancer’s Steampunk Laptop
Email from (Vshal aka ambience44):
Questions about knoppix and how to use it to fix problems.
I explain how I use knoppix to get to files that Windows cannot read.
Knoppix.net
Mark leaves his email as a Voice Mail:
(his email debuted in ep58 and was attempted in EP 59)
He deals with crazy Rootkit issues and offers the fixes
He also offers me some fitness tips as well!
Whew!
Voice Mail from Simon:
Simons says, “C’mon! Try the leaf blower, now.”
Agrees with upgrading customers browsers from IE6 to IE7
Also: ensure SP3 for XP and SP1 for Vista
I remove all known vulnerabilities
CompaQ laptop:
Used to be used by a financial institution in the US
Has a Windows whole disk encryption software
(I could not decipher the name — Pointfact? Pointfect?)
Customer does not have the encryption credentials
Knoppix does not work in this instance.
This computer was dog slow due to conflicting software
that runs in real time.
(PC Doctor is mentioned again with conflicts)
This was covered via Cynthia (NewBritGirl)in EP 59
