All posts by Bryce Whitty
What Hardware Should I Stock?
I was recently asked via email about how I handle stock as a self employed computer technician. You want be able to carry enough stock to be able to do your job, but you don’t want to be holding
VIEW POSTSUMo – Checks for Software Updates
As most computer technicians should know, computer security isnt just about having up to date antivirus and anti-malware software. It is also about having the users software up to date as well. Windows
VIEW POSTRepair Tool of the Week: ProduKey
ProduKey is a portable free application designed to show you the product keys of Microsoft operating systems and popular software like Microsoft Office, Exchange Server and SQL Server. This feature is
VIEW POSTTechnibble Launches a Buy, Sell & Trade Forum
After demand from our forum members, Technibble has launched a Buy Sell & Trade forum on the Technibble forums. If you have some parts or software you want to get rid of or looking for something hard
VIEW POSTSimple Port Forwarding – Forward Ports on Routers Easily
Simple Port Forwarding is a now freeware application (was previously $15) that is designed to make forwarding ports on a router easy. This application would be useful to both technicians and clients.
VIEW POSTTurn Price Checks Into Service Calls
Placing advertising and getting phone calls is only half the battle, once a client calls, you still need to turn them into a service call. Many of the phone calls that a technician will receive are only
VIEW POSTSend To VirusTotal.com – Upload Files To Be Scanned Directly by Right Clicking
A few months ago we mentioned Virustotal.com as our repair tool of the week. Its a great site that is designed to scan a single file using the database of many different antivirus brands including AntiVir,
VIEW POSTShould Phone Support Be Our Most Expensive Service?
A computer technician on a site that I occasionally read brought up the topic “phone support should be the most expensive service we bill for”. Personally, I think hes right. For example, if
VIEW POSTMSN Messenger Virus Cleaner – Remove Messenger Worms
These days, most teenagers are on MSN, KaZzA and MySpace messing up their parents computers for us to fix. One of the common infections that teenagers often end up with are MSN Messenger worms. These worms
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