There’s no doubt that COVID has severely impacted on the supply chain for many goods. I think many of us anticipated that the COVID situation would cause some delays and stock shortages but I doubt too many would have predicted the sheer extent and longevity. …
Sorry, no screenshots this time. A few days ago I was called because a guy’s laptop wouldn’t boot up. This was an HP. It seemed completely dead. Then I noticed a little light that came on where the power was plugged in and another little …
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Note: The Google Play Store and Android apps are not supported in this version. You might want to first read a list of other known issues. Warning from their site: Chrome OS Flex is currently released for early access testing and is not suitable for …
Is Your Laptop Past Its Prime? Laptops have an excellent reputation for durability, so much so that they often outlive the support of their operating system. You may find it hard to believe but Windows XP is approaching its 21st birthday this year and there …
My sister had an HP Media Center Laptop at one time that had the ability to handle two hard drives. Most laptops don’t come with that option but you can still add a second hard drive by buying a special hard drive caddy that lets …
Winner Announced! The winner will be notified by email. Yes, that’s correct. DCT is giving away a brand new KUU 14″ laptop to one lucky reader. PLEASE NOTE: Due to costs and difficulties involved with overseas shipping, this giveaway is available only to entrants who …
My uncle called me and he couldn’t get the Internet to work on his Compaq AMD laptop. It’s simple enough to enable or disable it. Just hold down on the Fn key, usually in the lower left-hand corner of the keyboard, and then the F12 …
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Acer Predator 21 X As you do, I stumbled across this monster whilst browsing some nerdy unboxing videos on YouTube (yes, I know) and to say I was gobsmacked would be a tad blasé. Unveiled at the IFA in Berlin last August and CES earlier …
It seems when it comes to Technology, everything is getting smaller, more portable and lighter weight. Some people are migrating from Desktops to Laptops, Laptops to Tablets, and Tablets to Smartphones. Note, I said some people. I love my super-charged Dell XPS Desktop the best. …
Recycling Is A Good Thing Just when you think you’ve seen it all, someone does something that is simply too good not to share. This is about laptop computers and strange-but-true things people do with them. I’m all for recycling, so I thought some of …
A woman brought me her Vista laptop to fix. First there was a BIOS password she wanted removed. Since she knew the password that was no problem. Just go into the BIOS, look for the password options, then reset them by leaving them blank. Then …
You know that old saying… “I thought I’d seen everything” As any computer repairer/technician will attest, computer users and what they can manage to do to their machines never ceases to amaze. I’ve come across some pretty strange happenings in my time, real head scratchers, …
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A woman recently brought me her Windows 8 laptop because of a virus popping up on her system. It was a virus that seems to infect the Chrome browser the most, where the browser freezes with a pop-up window claiming there is an infection along …
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In an obvious effort to combat the growing popularity of Chromebooks, Microsoft is helping hardware manufacturers to build low-priced Windows laptops. Microsoft is using Windows 8.1 With Bing, which was unveiled earlier this year, to spread Windows to more low-cost PCs and tablets. The OS …
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