Podnutz Daily #148 – What a Week!

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Bad week at the shop – I am always angry
– HP Vista could not open icons on desktop
– new mouse required
– Steve falls for a phishing scheme
– Windows Live Mail saved him from himself
– How Steve sets up Skype for the Podcast
– Virtual Audio Cable – mixer software
– YellowBook double charged me for my ad
– Free Internet Faxing via faxZERO
– You will see an advertisement on your cover page – works great
– Virus is tearing through the shop (the bastad)
– Norton 2009 spotted it: w32.virut.cf
– Internet Connectivity Issues

Two Year Old Maxtor External Hard Drive
– MFT the NTFS Master File Table is corrupt
– No physical issues with the HD
– Drive has minimal free space available
– Maxtor was Seagate (interesting) Same Company

Replacing a Motherboard
– Windows will no longer boot from the HD
– Do a repair installation. Keeps files intact

Dell Inspiron Laptop with Water Spill
– New Dell keyboards really resist keyboard spills
– How to react properly to a water spill
– Worse Case Scenario replace the keyboard and not the System Board

New HD camera that records to flash memory
– and saves in avchd format
– Serious machines are required for editing HD footage

Dell Optiplex via Ebay
– Capacitor issues
– Dell Capacitor Issues

Voice Mail from Andrew:
– Infected machines of customers
– Symptoms / Solutions
– Trend Micro version 14
– Flash Player install issues
– Removal Tool