Archive | August, 2009
Skydrive is Microsoft's Wonderful Secret

Skydrive is Microsoft's Wonderful Secret

Skydrive is a Live service people with Microsoft Live accounts have access to, and it provides a whopping twenty-five Gigabytes of storage space for users to upload pictures and documents. Problem is, no one knows about Skydrive.  Since Microsoft isn’t actively promoting the Skydrive service, you either need to stumble upon it or read about [...]

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Reset Network Settings

Reset Network Settings

You can reset network settings if you are having problems getting connected to the Internet or to other computer’s on your LAN. A home or small office network consists of several important settings: the router, workgroup, the computer’s network adapter and the modem. If any of these are configured incorrectly you can no longer access Internet [...]

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Reset D-Link Default Password

Reset D-Link Default Password

You may need to occasionally dlink default password. The default D-link router login is admin with no password. With that said, you probably cannot login to your router because D-link requires you to change this default login the very first time you login to set it up. If you have a router you setup a long [...]

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HP Printer Repairs

HP Printer Repairs

HP printer repairs are easily if you have the parts and depending on the problem. Laser printers will often require the replacement of the fuser assembly after a few years, depending on the usage. The fuser can cost hundreds of dollars. But common problems with printers that are used heavily are replacement of pickup rollers and [...]

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Wireless Network Key

Wireless Network Key

A wireless network key is easy to create and to reset in the even you forget them. You must make sure you have some type of wifi encryption enabled, such as WEP or WPA-2. WEP is no longer considered safe, but at least it is something if that is your only choice. However, most network-capable [...]

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Printer Spooler Fix

Printer Spooler Fix

A printer spooler fix for a computer that can no longer print or add printers and receives an error such as, “Spooler subsystem app has encountered a problem and needs to close,” or “Operation could not be completed,” should stop and disable any third-party applications running and allow the Windows Print Spooler service to control [...]

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Healthy Computer Checklist

PCTechBytes is providing this daily checklist you can use each month to make you a better and safer computer user. While some of the things in the list below will not apply to everyone, we tried to compile a broad list of computer tips that focuses on some of the perils and pitfalls we come [...]

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Reset Dell BIOS Password

Reset Dell BIOS Password

Reset Dell BIOS password is easy in most models. A BIOS password is a password that can be set within the BIOS to prevent a computer from booting to the hard drive. This is different from a Windows log-in password. Typically, a system will not have a BIOS password enabled, unless you go into the [...]

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