All posts by Bryce Whitty
DeepBurner Portable – CD/DVD Burning Tool That Runs From a USB Drive
DeepBurner Portable is a free, portable CD/DVD burning application which happily runs from a USB drive. It has many the features you would expect in burning software like Nero such as creating and copying
VIEW POSTWhen NOT to Charge
Every now and then there are computer technicians that post “should I charge for this?” questions in the Technibble forums; and the most of the time the answer is yes. This post, however, is
VIEW POSTCombofix – Scans Known Malware and Other Suspicious Files
Combofix is a freeware, portable application designed to scan a computer for known malware and, if found, attempt to remove it. I personally use this application very frequently in conjunction with SmitFraudFix
VIEW POSTHow You Look Is More Important Than Your Certifications
You read it right. If you are a self employed computer repair technician, what you wear is more important than your certifications; especially when you are visiting the client for the first time. Don’t
VIEW POSTPower Supply Tester
The other day I had a computer come in that appeared to have a dead motherboard. I took out their CPU and RAM and put it in my test PC. The whole system powered up and got into Windows XP with no problems
VIEW POSTWindows Post Install Wizard – Install Applications, Tweaks and Scripts by User Choice
Windows Post Installation Wizard is a application designed to give users choice of what applications, tweaks and scripts to install using an automated system. WPI gives us the ability to easily create
VIEW POSTShould I Allow Customers To Come To My Home?
A week ago, a member of the Technibble forums asked how to handle clients wanting to drop off their computers to his home office. Should he let them come to his home and go inside? or stick to only doing
VIEW POSTHitman Pro 2 – Download Various Anti Virus Products into One Package
Hitman Pro is a freeware piece of software that controls both an inbuilt antivirus and a handful of other popular antivirus and anti-malware products such as Spybot, Ad-Aware, NOD32 etc. After installing
VIEW POSTHow Well Should You Fix a Computer?
When you go onsite to fix a computer, you should obviously fix the problem that you were sent there to do but I am sure you could always find something else to do such as updating their antivirus, patch
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