Category Archives: Computer-Repair

Hollywood is too lazy to figure out how to use new technologies to make money from their intellectual property.  Instead of creating new business models that leverage all the new ways to distribute, share, and enjoy their content, Hollywood is … Continue reading →

We had 3 systems fail last month.  3 Servers crashed and were left as an unbootable pile of computer parts.  In all three cases we were able to restore the systems with no data loss. The funny thing, all three … Continue reading →

Here is an article that discusses the latest threat to Mac systems.  The number of reports of malware on Macs has increased 3-4 times in the past few weeks.  If you or someone you know has a Mac, be sure … Continue reading →

They say there are only two types of hard drives, those that have failed and those that are about to fail.   While that is a pessimistic view of modern hardware, when it comes to critical data, a little pessimism is … Continue reading →

AT&T is slashing the price on the iPhone 3GS on Friday, Jan. 7.  The new pricing is AT&T’s attempt at making a ‘land grab’ of customers prior to the expected availability of the iPhone on Verizon. The new price is … Continue reading →

 Yesterday we did our annual Hard Drive destruction where we take all the dead hard drives for the year and physically destroy them.  This destruction was done at Interconnection.org in Seattle.  We destroyed 27 desktop PC and notebook drives.  Each … Continue reading →

Ok…to recap, in our first two parts of the tune up process we had you patch your windows to the latest patch level.  We then discussed how to tune the apps that start when your computer starts.  The more you … Continue reading →

Now that you have your system all patched up, the next thing to do is tune your startup applications.  Over time your system will get bogged down with applications that start up when you first log into the PC.  Each … Continue reading →