If the hard drive in your computer crashes, the information can still be retrieved if the disk inside the drive still spins. The drive will have to be removed from the computer it's in and slaved to another PC. Then you can use special software that can retrieve files from … [Read more...] about Hard Drive Crash Retrieve Files
Customer No Service
I have to deal with customer service at various tech companies almost daily. This can get pretty frustrating as nearly all of these places outsource their call centers to foreign countries. The people who answer usually speak English very poorly and have thick accents. They … [Read more...] about Customer No Service
Microsoft 10 To Be Released In The Spring Of 2015
Today Microsoft officials announced that their new operating system won't be called Windows 9 or Threshold as had been rumored. It will be called Windows 10. Windows 8 has been almost universally disliked because it forced people to do things in a very different, and many say, … [Read more...] about Microsoft 10 To Be Released In The Spring Of 2015
Identity Theft – Fake FAFSA Email
Identity theft is rampant on the Internet. There are dozens of ways that cybercriminals trick unsuspecting people into revealing their personal information. Recently, a customer, who is going to be attending college, told me he had been doing research on the Internet … [Read more...] about Identity Theft – Fake FAFSA Email
Pureleads And Sendori Malware
I had to diagnose and fix a computer that had no Internet access. Diagnostics showed that the PC was online but whenever I attempted to open the browser, it always showed "this page can't be displayed." I looked in the add/remove program list to see if anything new had been … [Read more...] about Pureleads And Sendori Malware