Articles about PC computer hardware
I recently bought a new printer, a Canon MG2900. It has a built-in scanner and built-in wireless. When I first set up a new printer, I like to go through the available options to see what I’m dealing with. Go to Control Panel > Devices […]
Here are a couple quick fixes for Windows that you may run into sometime. Fix #1 – CD/DVD Error Code 41 I originally wrote this back in 2009. I had Windows XP at the time and I did fix a Vista laptop with the same
2 Quick Fixes – Windows Silent HDMI & Error Code 41 Read More »
Take a good look at this picture if you will and imagine that as your living room. Yeah, me too; I’m imagining it and my eyes hurt. Actually, Home Cinema for most of us mere mortals is a euphemism for a PC sitting under the
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
Laptop Running Windows 8.1 Shows Battery at 79% but not Charging Read More »
Cooler master Storm Trooper Full Tower Case When size matters You know that feeling when you see an object of desire in a shop window and it seems to beckon to you and whisper buy me, buy me? Well, this is exactly what happened
Hardware Review – CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Case Read More »
Earlier this week I received a phone call from one of my elderly clients (he’s 80 years young) who also happens to be one of my best friends. He tells me that his computer will not boot. I’m not particularly busy so I pop over
We Need to be More Proactive in Protecting Elderly Computer Users Read More »
Trying to keep up with emerging PC technology is akin to a dog chasing its own tail, ain’t never going to happen! We decide to update our aging PC, happy with the prospect of finally getting our hands on the latest and greatest technology, blissfully
As some of you who may have read my previous articles will know, I have a tendency to come over all nostalgic, almost tearful in fact, particularly on the subject of retro machines. But it is pretty specific for me and the above IBM
I think it’s fair to say that the PC above has reached the end of its useful lifespan and should perhaps be put out to grass or maybe just terminated. Believe me, I’ve had PC’s come into the shop, not quite but very near this
In a slightly ‘believable’ turn of events, Lenovo, the world’s No.1 in PC distributions according to Wikipedia have been caught distributing adware on their new laptops, straight out of the box!. The adware, called Superfish, apparently injects third party ads on Google searches and other
Livin’ La Vida Loca Having cleared out those pesky customers, let’s look at how the retro bug has caught on South of The Border. Not content with a PC Chips Slot 1, I decided to scout around for a compatible motherboard for a Pentium III
Retro is The New Black Have you ever wondered what happens to all those beige boxes you remember from the 80’s and 90’s? Well some of them end up in flea markets, car boot sales and Ebay, if they haven’t already been crushed or thrown
Are you fed up with the frustrations caused by USB connectors having a right side up? Or from needing different cables with different connectors for different devices? It’s taken some 18 years, but finally, a new standard, USB Type-C, is ready for mass production. The
What happens when you start your computer It is a miracle that your computer starts at all. The term “booting” stems from the idea of “picking one’s self up by the bootstraps”. Try it sometime and you will immediately begin to get a message. This is a basic
