Making computing, easy
Today I would like to explain how is it that our computers get infected with malware, spyware and viruses. As many computer users that we are, we tend to look for things that we need, and Google is one of the place that we go first to find what we are looking. I was troubleshooting… read more »
Today I had a customer with a complain about her copy of windows not being genuine, I was the one who re installed windows on her PC, it was a Toshiba computer with a windows 7 pro and a license on the bottom of the computer. After spending some time researching, I found an error… read more »
Today I came across this issue with avg, my favorite antivirus program. I was unable to open and use AVG. this is what the error was: This is how I fixed it: I went to the Event Viewer and saw an Application error, on the log. This is what the error was: Access… read more »
Today I answered a call from a customer about this error that was coming up on their Windows Vista machine. Everytime I open Word, it wants to reconfigure it self. Every time I open Excel, it gives a “stdole2.tlb error” then it wants to reconfigure and it asks for the Install CD. After some research, I… read more »
Today I decided to fix the issue with my iPhone 5. What is going on is that when I record a video, the video portion is recorded ok, but the sound portion only records a static sound. A buzzing sound plays back when I play back the video. After some research I came up with… read more »
I recently Installed Server 2011 R2 on a server, after the installation was complete, it would hang on the shutdown screen. I went and checked the basic drivers, all where up to date , checked the BIOS, it was up to date too. I went looking and found this answers: 1 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/datacenter/random-freeze-problem-chills-windows-server-2008-r2-windows-7/411 After that I went… read more »
A new security hole has been discovered by hackers on our latest and newest Internet Explorer; the one that comes preinstalled on your pc. For more information, https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2963983 Two ways to protect your self while Microsoft works in a security fix: 1. Use another browser, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox 2. Disable flash. Here is… read more »
Recently Microsoft decided to cut the cord on Win XP, so now there is a lot of upgrading to do. After upgrading and installing more than 10 of our clients computers to Win 7, I had it. Clicking “next, next, next” through the installation several times, just to install Win 7. After some research and several… read more »
Do you need access safe mode on your windows 8 computer? You have seen that win 8 no longer has the option to press F8 during the startup. Well here is the instructions on how to access the options to troubleshoot your windows 8 pc. From microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-including-safe-mode There are two ways to get to… read more »
Today I had to replace a customers computer, more like upgrade. After installing the basic programs, office 2010, adobe reader, and the antivirus I went and installed Autodesk. After the install was done, I went and tried to open the program, Revit 2014, it didn’t open. After trying to remove the program from the Programs… read more »