All posts by Bryce Whitty
At What Point Does Security Become Counter-productive?
As my recent experiences with a bank (which shall remain nameless) confirm, some people take security too far. There is a point at which more security measures actually reduce security, rather than increase
VIEW POSTWireless Security
As the number of wireless routers and access points in homes and small offices rises, seemingly exponentially, wireless crackers and wardrivers are exploiting the endless supply of unsecured wireless access
VIEW POSTWindows XP Activation Explained
This article explains how Windows Activation works and how much changes to your system you can do before Microsoft considers your computer a new system.
VIEW POSTHow to stop Messenger Service Popups
Some users (wether yourself or your clients) may have seen popups that appear on their desktop at some time or another with the title “Messenger Service”. This is not to be confused with Windows
VIEW POSTRecovering important data when Windows wont boot
A task that frequently appears in computer repair jobs is retrieving the data on the clients PC when a hard drive has failed (or failing) or Windows wont boot and they want me to do a Reinstall. This article
VIEW POSTWhat to take to Computer Repair Jobs
When you are on a computer repair job many different situations can arise and in most cases it has nothing to do with what the client told you over the phone. Over the years I have created a kit which
VIEW POSTHow to Uninstall Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
Many people who know their stuff with their computers are rushing to give the new Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 a try even though it is known to have bugs still. One of these bugs that are frequently showing
VIEW POSTGiving Discounts for Computer Repairs
I have seen a few posts in recent days on forums talking about giving discounts to your computer clients and here is a principle that is good to go by concerning discounts.
VIEW POSTBuilding a on-site test PC: In a Briefcase!
This is a article that is slightly different from our usual flavor, rather than “how to fix” this article is about “how to build”. This article shows a step by step tutorial of
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