If your laptop does not start at all or it starts but will not boot properly, it’s possible that you can fix the laptop at home without taking it to a repair center. Here are some excellent troubleshooting tips for you:
Situation 1.
The laptop appears to be dead. You plug the AC adapter but the LEDs […]
Having Problems getting what you need from tech support? I’m sure most of you know the feeling. You dial up a number or chat on the web with someone who is either 1) too full of himself 2) bored talking to someone whom he assumes isn’t as versed in computers as he is or 3) […]
Announcing the first winner of our contest: It takes a computer to really screw things up, which asks you, the reader, to send in a funny computer story from your personal experience and if it wins, you win a prize: Colleen won with her story (Taming your wireless with antivirus) of the tech support she […]
Computer Troubleshooters identifies the top 5 reasons for computer downtime and suggest best practices to avoid them. Simply put (in my words):
1. old computers break more often than new! replace computers every 36 months In my experience, old computers cannot be updated either: I had to junk a perfectly working 5 year old computer […]
Top 10 tools to use when your laptop or notebook goes belly-up or worse:
You got that laptop so you could travel with all your data and necessary programs, right? Problem is: laptops are vulnerable to all kinds of ugly scenarios: they’re easy to steal (Digital sleuthing grows on business, home fronts) they’re fragile; they catch […]
Warning
You might be wondering what exactly a Central Processing Unit (CPU) is? A lot of books and articles describe it as the brain of your computer, I think that is a sad description of a CPU.
A CPU has one function and that is to process information. Central Processing Unit, process information, I see wheels […]
Warning
Your E-Mail has stopped working, you cannot open Microsoft Word, and your PC has slowed to a screeching halt. You are so frustrated that you turn to your car salesman neighbor who is a self proclaimed Computer Guru. The best your neighbor comes up with is defragging the hard drive.
Danger, Danger, Danger! For the sake […]
Warning
If you have read my post NIC – Who’s That you should have a real basic understanding of what the NIC is. Let us now figure out how to troubleshoot it and your network. It is a cold Sunday afternoon in February, but you do not worry. You are nice and warm in your house […]
Warning
Tools: Philips head screw driver
In an attempt improve your relationship with your PC, you should take the cover off and see what the inside looks like. I will help you do this, but first you have to promise something. Trust me, I know if you promise or not, because I can see you through your […]
Warning
Tools: Philips Head screwdriver, small Flat Head screwdriver, needle nose pliers
Your girl friend calls you and says, “Don’t forget we are meeting my parents for lunch”. You reply with the normal, “Yah” and get ready to hang up. Of course she can never stop there, but all you here is “blah, […]
Tips and Tricks to help you Master Your Computer
Written by Jesse Middleton [email] for b5media.
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