Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Most recently on the PM Computers show, we have spending our time doing routine computer cleanings
clients in Massachusetts. The most recent of which involved cleaning starware toolbar. The kicker was I had to go back a few days later because she couldn't print out her coupons. I had disabled the ...
Posted in Hardware, Misc, Security, Software | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
If you plan to leave the country and need to take a computer with you, buy a brand new one, and keep the files you need to work with, on a jump drive/key drive/thumb drive. Thumb Drives can be kept away from the computer and may not be searched if they are ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Trinity Rescue Kit is my new favorite tool. It is doing wonders for that laptop I mentioned before. I just thought I'd link to them and give a shout out.
Posted in Antivirus, Hardware, Software, Tips, Uncategorized, linux | No Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
PM Computers is having a special! Anything we can fix over the phone is free.
We are also offering free PC health checks for anyone in the Eastern Massachusetts area. We will come to you and check your PC out and tell you how to make it faster or Improve it.
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Did you know that a standard USB Device side plug, can fit into an RJ-45/11 jack? This was the whole problem behind a recent case. We tried to fix this remotely, but with no luck. After checking the clients site, we found that they had plugged the USB cable into ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Last week The smart folks at PM Computers was able to rid someone of the Zlob.DNSChanger trojan.
The solution was found here:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=15015
Normally with spyware infections our philosophy is as follows:
"I say we back up and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
In the real world ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
This week we fixed a Gateway 6020gz laptop. The LCD screen was coming up dark, as if the lamp had blown, turned out the problem was actually a bad ground around the inverter. The system now works and everything is wonderful. We also checked the system for spyware and applied ...
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