9 Tips to Help You Become a Computer Technician
Posted on March 14, 2008
Filed Under Tips | 9 Comments
Getting your first job as an entry level computer technician can be difficult. This is especially true for someone with no experience. The job market for computer techs is very crowded and there are lots of new people trying to get in. Before you decide to enter the market yourself, you need to gain a competitive edge. In this article, I would like to share with you 9 tips that will help you gain some experience and set yourself apart from the crowd. Read more
10 Best Bargain Hunting Sites for Finding Tech Deals
Posted on March 2, 2008
Filed Under Deals | 8 Comments
Many new tech deals appear on the web daily. Finding them, however, can be a daunting task. Lucky for you there are sites dedicated to this very purpose. I would like to share with you, in my opinion, 10 of the best bargain hunting sites to use when searching for tech deals. Read more
How to Find Drivers for Unknown Devices in Device Manager
Posted on February 16, 2008
Filed Under Hardware, How To, Tools, Windows | 6 Comments
Yesterday I reinstalled Windows on a laptop for one of our users at work. When the installation was complete, I popped in the driver CD to begin the process of installing the drivers that Windows didn’t install. For some reason the CD only contained two of the eight drivers that I needed. Normally, tracking down the right driver can be a huge annoyance, especially when your devices are showing up with generic names like PCI Device, Video Controller, System Device, or Unknown Device. But with the help of a little utility, I was able to find all of the drivers that I needed saving me lots of time and frustration. Read more
How to Become a Certified Mac OS X Leopard Technician
Posted on February 9, 2008
Filed Under Apple/Mac/OSX, Certifications, How To | 2 Comments
Apple certifications are some of the fastest growing certifications in the industry and becoming an Apple certified tech is a great way to make your resume stand out from the crowd. With the release of Leopard, Apple has been updating their certification program to support their new operating system. I would like explain these newly updated certifications and show you what is required for each one so you can be on your way to becoming a certified Mac OS X Leopard technician. Read more
10 Great Tech Tools That Boot from a CD
Posted on February 3, 2008
Filed Under Tools | 21 Comments
When working on a computer, certain tasks can be made much easier by using tools that boot from a CD. Some of these tasks include restoring files from a computer with a corrupt operating system, testing hardware, reseting a lost password, or partitioning a hard drive. I would like to share with you 10 great bootable tools that will do all of these things and much more. Read more
How to Manually Download and Install Windows Updates
Posted on January 21, 2008
Filed Under How To, Windows | 13 Comments
Recently I was faced with a situation where I had an automatic update that wouldn’t install. To try and troubleshoot this issue, I needed a way to download the update so I could install it manually. Since Microsoft doesn’t offer such an option, I had to look elsewhere for help. Luckily, there is a program that was created to do just this. Read more
How to Assemble the Ultimate Tech Toolkit
Posted on January 13, 2008
Filed Under Hardware, How To, Tools | 25 Comments
It’s never fun when you show up to work on a computer and you don’t have the right tools. Unfortunately, this has happened to me a lot. With the experience I have gained, I would like to show you what you need to assemble the ultimate tech toolkit so you are always prepared to fix a computer. Read more
35 Portable Applications that Every Tech Needs
Posted on January 6, 2008
Filed Under Flash Drive, Software, Tools | 19 Comments
Over a year ago I wrote an article called 18 Portable Apps Every Tech Needs. Since then a lot has changed. I have compiled a new, more exhaustive list of 35 portable applications specifically for techs. All of these apps run directly from your USB flash drive and require no installation. Read more
How to Create a Windows Offline Update CD
Posted on January 1, 2008
Filed Under How To, Windows | 9 Comments
Creating an offline update CD is a great way to update a Windows computer without having to connect it to the Internet and risk the chance of it being compromised. It is also a great way to update a computer that either has no Internet connection or is still connected to the Internet through dial-up. Since Microsoft offers no easy way of doing this other than ordering one of their update CD, I would like to show you how to create one yourself. Read more
How to Find and Change a Windows Vista, XP, and 2003 Product Key
Posted on December 26, 2007
Filed Under How To, Software, Tools, Windows | 9 Comments
I was recently faced with a situation where someone had used a “leaked” product key when setting up some Windows machines that I now manage. Not only did the computers start receiving very annoying error messages every time they started up, but they were also unable to receive Windows updates. To fix this, I was able to use a very simple utility to change all of the keys quickly without having to reload Windows or edit the registry. In the following tutorial I would like to show you how to do the same. Read more
Subscribe
Subsribe to RSS Feed