That Gateway laptop with Windows Vista that I had so much trouble with was back under my typing fingers again today. I finally had it working perfectly with the new NetGear router, so it was time to see if it would connect to the older Dell WiFi router.
Drum roll, please…. No. Same garbage. Connect up, [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Windows Vista & WiFi Saga Continues
June 26, 2007Free Computer Consultant Debut in Early To Rise eZine
June 25, 2007I am thrilled to announce that today’s Early To Rise (ETR) newsletter features an article from yours truly. You can read it here.
The article published in ETR is actually an edited version of one of my submissions to Associated Content and EzineArticles on using Blind Carbon Copy (BCC).
If you are not currently a subscriber to [...]
Faster External Storage for Your Laptop – eSATA II
June 24, 2007For many laptop users, USB 2.0 or Firewire offer fast enough speeds for external storage. For others, though, 400mbps just isn’t fast enough.
My work with the MBox and ProTools is one example. ProTools recommends recording music to a non system hard drive – tough to do on a laptop unless you’re talking external. Yet tech [...]
No Excuse Not to Have Data Backup
June 23, 2007Data backup on my mind again.
Here I am at a yard sale, typing on my laptop, connected to a wireless router (wirelessly) which is connected to the internet with Motorola Canopy wireless gear and an antenna on the roof of my truck. (I’m a director at the local telco and I’m trying to promote our [...]
Leave Computer On or Shut Off?
June 23, 2007I get this question all the time, and apparently so does the Yahoo Tech Guy.
He does a pretty good job of explaining it here.
I agree with him on the hibernate. Half the time it doesn’t work right, and at that point why not just reboot anyway.
Standby works ok if you won’t be gone long, otherwise [...]
How To Upgrade Memory in a Laptop – Video on Associated Content
June 21, 2007I am very pleased to announce that my video How To Upgrade Memory in a Laptop at Associated Content has been on the front page for a couple of days now and appears to be pretty popular.
Check it and post a comment there (and here) if you like.
Windows Vista WiFi Connection – Not a No Brainer
June 20, 2007The other day I wrote about a problem connecting a new Gateway laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium (the sticker on the laptop said “Vista Basic”) to wireless networks – WiFi and Vista Problems.
With or without WiFi security, the Vista laptop would connect, but not obtain a DHCP address. Interestingly, setting an address manually would [...]
Windows Vista, A Cheap Computer, and Vista Ready Boost
June 18, 2007Another tale of the cheap computer today. Now, again, I like inexpensive, but I HATE cheap – there is a difference!
My friends at the local ISP were talking about a customer who had just received a new PC as a gift from family members. This speed demon was equipped with Vista Basic (no flashy [...]
FBI Goes After Zombies – Why You Should Care About PC Security
June 18, 2007FBI Goes After Zombies
This is similar to the knock on the door in the middle of the night by guys dressed in black that I have talked about.
You do NOT want them calling YOU! Secure your PC, Secure your WiFi.
Clean Your PC Now.
WEP is Dead – Secure Your WiFi With WPA, WPA2
June 17, 2007I have written before about securing your WiFi network. I overcome the standard arguments of
There is nothing on my network worth anything
I don’t care if someone uses my bandwidth
It’s too hard
with the news that someone engaging in illegal activity on YOUR WiFi will get the police at YOUR door. And at the too hard [...]
