It’s happened to my clients – it CAN happen to you! Your computers and all your paperwork are destroyed in an office fire or other computer disaster. What will you do? Even if you’re prepared for a computer disaster, you’ll still have to: Deal with your insurance inspector and claims adjuster Hire a cleanup contractor and [...]
I hope online backup services aren’t your only safety net! Don’t be lulled by a false sense of disaster recovery security By using only a remote backup service like Mozy or Carbonite. If all you care about is disaster recovery for your (smaller than their size limits) personal files, photos and the like, these services can be [...]
My list of things to check when Windows slows to a crawl just got longer. Today, I was trouble-shooting a laptop running Windows XP, when my client came up with a great clue. “When I start Windows, it’s fast, but after a while it gets slower and slower.” After confirming to my satisfaction that all [...]
Today’s desktop Windows computers usually come with 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports on the front panel and 4 more on the back of the case. So many peripheral devices now use the USB ports that 6 ports may not be enough. When you run out of ports to plug devices into, you’re going to [...]
Do quick fixes and preventive maintenance with the best tools. In this video tutorial, I show how to use the $30 ‘JV16 Power Tools’ product from Macecraft Software to do a Windows Registry clean or repair, and how to use some of the many other tools included in the ‘Power Tools’ kit to make your life [...]
Ever had to restart Windows because you couldn’t launch some program? Microsoft Outlook sometimes does the following: One component of the program is left running in your computer’s memory, but invisibly. Next time you try to start Outlook, nothing happens. After a few attempts, you may do the obvious “universal fix” – that is restart [...]
Many Windows users don’t realize that Windows keeps logs of almost everything it does. And these logs are easy to review for any recorded problems. Windows may be trying to tell you something – you’d best listen. Don’t wait for trouble when you can easily head it off. I recommend that you inspect your ‘Windows [...]
What should you do, for instance, if a web page refuses to close, or starts spewing copies all over your display screen? What you SHOULDN’T do is to turn off your computer to stop it! Most of us know better, but I still hear of people doing this – and begging for damage to Windows [...]
How to fix a simple failure to connect to the Internet Another issue about the order of starting up your Windows computer and other computing devices is about a failed Internet connection. There’s a cause and cure for this which is so common it’s the first thing your ISP (Internet Service Provider) tech support staff [...]
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