I received my new Dell on Wednesday of last week. Unfortunately, it came with a broken LCD panel. I called up Dell support and got an english speaking person, who ordered a new screen and a tech to come out to my office the next day, Thursday. Thursday afternoon, I received a phone call from… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Computers
5 reasons I chose a Dell M4800 over the Apple MacBook Pro
I was in the market for a new laptop to replace my aging 3.5 year old machine. This “old” machine, a Dell Latitude E6510, was no slouch. It had a Quad Core processor (core i7-720qm), along with a 500GB SSD hard drive, and a 500GB Hybrid hard drive, 16GB RAM, separate video graphics processor (nvidia… Continue Reading
Fixing a Corrupt Windows Registry
I had a friend that asked me to take a look at her computer. The machine wasn’t booting up correctly and Last Known Good would not run. Nor Safe Mode. With just a quick boot, I could immediately spot the problem, a corrupt Windows System registry hive. Continue Reading
Samsung Galaxy S3 PWM frequency
I have a susceptibility to monitors that use Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to vary brightness. What happens is that when I use a device with a PWM display at certain frequencies, I end up with double vision after about 5 minutes. It takes just a couple of minutes for that to go away, but in… Continue Reading
Wells Fargo Mobile App
Wells Fargo just introduced in their mobile app, the ability to deposit checks by taking a photo of the front and back of the check. This is so cool. I really don’t like going to the bank to make these deposits and would prefer being able to do it online somehow. Now I can take… Continue Reading
Technology Help 101: Backups
I’ve told this to many a person, and I’ll tell it to you as well. BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP. Hard drives will fail at some point or another. It’s not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN. I could tell you stories of hard drive failures. How about the one time that a friend said… Continue Reading
How to fix the AppleSyncNotifier.exe – Entry Point Not Found error
I’ve come across this problem multiple times. The problem is from iTunes and its installer. It’s strange that Apple doesn’t fix their installer to take care of it. Apple is one of the premier companies right now, you’d think they would know better. Anyway the problem is caused because their installer does not put a single… Continue Reading
SSD Hard Drive Upgrade
If you’ve never heard of an SSD, you’re in for a treat. First, here’s a definition of what an SSD is: a super fast hard drive. Ok, well the real definition is a Solid State Drive, hence the short name SSD. Well, that didn’t answer much. What does it do? And How is it better? A… Continue Reading
Backup Your Data
It’s not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN. Computer hard drives do fail, and when the fail, the data goes with it. The hard drive is a mechanical device that has a magnetic head flying just above the surface of the platter that stores the data. The heads fly much less than… Continue Reading
Tech Tip Level 1: Clean Temp Files
Temporary files are files that are generated from browsing the web, downloading files and update, or from various applications. Over time, these can accumulate as well as fragment the hard drive. It is a good idea to clean them out at least once per quarter, and even better at once per month. How do I… Continue Reading