All posts by Bryce Whitty
The Issue is Not Always What It Seems: My Humbling Experience
Just recently on the Technibble forums we had a young soon-to-be technician who said he thought he was “pretty freakin good” at computers. Many of us told him that he was yet to encounter a
VIEW POSTScanPST – Repairs Outlook Data Files (.PST)
Outlook is a fairly indepth program that stores a lot of data and it can occasionally become corrupted to the point where Outlook cannot be launched. Since many people use Outlook to organise their lives
VIEW POSTTechnibble Readers, Lets Talk to the Microsoft Developers
I recently received an email from a company called M80 that is working with Microsoft to help promote Windows 7. The email said: “They’ve created a new site to support Windows 7 and are offering
VIEW POSTEnableDisable – Enable or Disable Microsoft Office Add-ins
EnableDisable is a small, freeware application designed to allow you to enable or disable Microsoft Office add-ins. This comes in handy when an addin is causing an Office product (like Outlook, Word or
VIEW POSTShould We Use Google In Front of a Customer?
A lot of technicians have expressed their concerns about whether they should use Google while working on a clients computer. The client called a technician because we are supposed to know something they
VIEW POSTClients with Pirate Software: Should We Do Anything About It?
If you spend any decent amount of time working on clients machines (especially residential ones), it wont take you long until you encounter a computer with pirate software on it. This can sometimes be
VIEW POSTVideo Memory Stress Test – Test RAM on Graphic Cards
Video Memory Stress Test is a small application that is free for home use (but paid for commercial use) and is designed to test the RAM on your video card. Similar to Memtest86+, it will read and write
VIEW POSTScams That Computer Technicians Should Watch Out For
There seems to be scams in just about every industry including the computer repair world. However, this article isnt a piece on shady computer repair technicians, this article is about scams that target
VIEW POSTImgBurn – Very Handy CD/DVD Burning Tool
While ImgBurn isn’t exactly a “repair tool”, it does come in handy in the repair environment. ImgBurn is a small, freeware application for creating CD/DVDs and reading/writing image files. Its
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