Recently, I had a friend of an existing client call. His laptop had somehow corrupted (apparently) all of the drivers for XP. Unfortunately, time was short and I could not get it back to a working state, before he had to return to Arkansas. To further complicate matters, the corrupted drivers included basically all of the core hardware. He could …

When it rains it pours. This post follows-up to this one. Getting Rid of Antivirus 2009 – Antivirus 2008http://smartergeekcom.wpengine.com/blog/2008/12/antivirus-2009-is-actually-spyware-or.asp ——————From Email—————— im so aggravated at this thing all i do is check my yahoo mail and talk to my niece on yahoo messenger ———————- My Response———————- As I told you yesterday via email and on the phone, I will be …

I say this over and over: I wake up every morning – not regretting needing to work – but wondering if there are enough hours in the day to do all the cool things I get to do. Today was no different. It was absolutely crazy. I am working on 4 different windows computers, getting ready to implement a Novell/SuSE …

As many of you know, I made the decision several months ago to switch to a totally web-based email system. Of course my preference was Google’s Gmail so naturally I went with Google Apps for my domain. 6 months later – I don’t regret it at all. There are just too many advantages to name them all, but let me …

———————From Customer Email to Me———————from:    xoxoxox@aol.comto:        rexdate:    Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:20 AMsubject:    Fwd: Urgent: Bill Pay Service Informationmailed-by:    aol.com Here is a copy of the email I was sent today.  Let me know if there is something I need to do relative to his and my computer From: MyCheckFree Customer Service To: :xoxoxoxoxoSent: …

————————– From an Email: i have a question to ask you , my computer keep popping up anti-virus 2009 and saying i have two virus trying to get in but i’ve checked everything and and run  every update and they all say i’m protected but that anti-virus 2009 want quit popping up so what do i do please help————————— Antivirus …

Note: This was just before I shifted to Google Apps web based email only. I am constantly asked about the differences in webmail vs an email program. Webmail Examples: Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL Webmail Advantages Can access from any computer connected to the Internet (Win, Mac, Linux) If your computer has a catastrophic crash, the email is stored on servers …

Well it’s been a while since I posted. Between customers, teaching, the elections, deer season, etc, finding time to post has been challenging! Over the last couple of days, I’ve received 2 email that almost appeared legitimate for a PayPal Dispute Resolution. To give you some background, I’ve used PayPal since 2001 and rarely had any issues. Of course, I …

..a group of individuals had apparently installed a device inside a gas station pump in the area. This device had access to all information entered through the payment point…The device included a wireless transmitter that broadcast 300-400 feet, allowing someone seated in a car located nearby to capture all the information generated at the pump.At the end of a hardday’s …

For all of us, there comes a time on any given day, week, and month,every year and in different degrees over our lifetimes, when we choose to act in some way that is oriented toward fulfilling our social and psychological needs, not our market-exchangeable needs. It is that part of our lives and our motivational structure that social production taps, …