Category Archives: Computers & Electronics

Keep Your Notebook Compuer Longer! A Safety and Care Guide for Laptop Computers

June 26, 2021   Matt

Keep Your Notebook Compuer Longer! A Safety and Care Guide for Laptop Computers

Laptop computers – also known as notebook computers – have become an important part of our lives. They are more affordable than ever and as popular as cell phones. A laptop computer has a versatility that the home PC does not provide. With its smaller size it is portable and easier to carry along. This makes it convenient to use in many situations. You can take it to work and back home as well as take it on more extensive travel.

Laptop computers are not just for older working people anymore. Because of its ease of use, more young people are using them for school and college. They can access the Internet almost anywhere and provide updates for work, research, and even games.

Taking Care of Your Laptop or Notebook Computer

It is important to take care of your laptop computer and protect it from accidents. They are designed for heavy use but common sense will tell you that you need to be prudent in your treatment.

One of the first recommendations is to buy a case designed for a notebook computer. These are made with padding to protect your laptop computer from wear and tear and protection in case you drop it. It is not good to carry your notebook computer unprotected or in a purse or backpack. You can easily find a case by shopping online where you will find 1000s of products to choose from.

Another important tip for laptop computer care is to keep food and drinks away from it. Even a small amount of liquid is enough to ruin the delicate components in the laptop computer. It means almost certain replacement, and most warranties will not cover it. It is not worth the risk to lose all your data.

Protect Your Notebook Computer

When using your laptop computer you should always use a surge protector. An electrical surge may not hurt it one time, but continued surges could destroy it. If you are using a cable or dial-up modem during a storm, be sure to unplug it. Lightening can travel through phone lines and ruin the laptop computer.

You should not leave your notebook computer in a cold environment. This can cause condensation when you return it to a warm area and could cause the circuitry to short it out. If it has been in the cold, let it warm up before turning it on.

When traveling with your laptop computer, be sure to charge all your batteries before you leave. You might not know when you will be able to charge them again. On a long trip, take extra batteries to avoid this problem. By shopping online, you can find the supplies you need as well as other products such as iPods, jewelry, games, toys, sporting goods, pet supplies and cell phones – even free gifts.

Do not leave your notebook computer unattended and do not check it as baggage when flying. Keep it in your hands at all times to avoid the possibility of theft. Don’t try to disassemble or repair your laptop computer; this is a job for professionals. You may inadvertently cause more damage by your lack of knowledge.

Shopping Online

When you are ready to buy a laptop computer, cell phone, iPod, or other electronics, shopping online will provide everything you need.

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Easy Ways To Fix Your Crediit

June 21, 2021   Matt

Easy Ways To Fix Your Crediit

Repairing your credit can be a very difficult and discouraging undertaking. It will take some time and discipline, but once you have been able to get your good credit name back, life will be much easier for you. Read on for some useful information that can help you in your efforts to repair and restore your credit now.

Pay your household bills on time. Focus on what is important and don’t get in over your head paying your credit card bills. Make sure your necessities are paid first and pay your credit cards with what you have left over. If you have enough to pay more on them, then you should.

An important tip to consider when working to repair your credit is to be sure that you spread your debt around if you have multiple credit cards. This is important because it is better to have to cards at a medium or medium low balance than to have one card at a low balance and one at a high balance. Your score will suffer otherwise.

Make sure that you are very careful about your personal information being available to identity thieves. Be careful about keeping your social security card safe, get good software to keep your computer safe from attacks, and purchase a small paper shredder so that you can safely get rid of any documents that might have personal information on them.

A great way to repair your credit fast is to use the existing laws to your advantage. There is a law that says anyone who requests information regarding proof of the items that are on your credit report, the credit bureaus have 30 days to respond. If they do not respond within 30 days with proof of that item being a valid debt, then it will get removed from your report.

Throughout the process of repairing your credit, keep in mind that there are no legitimate shortcuts to fixing your credit. Credit repair is a lengthy process requiring dedication and patience. Take quick-fix offers with a healthy grain of salt, and remember that credit solutions that sound too good to be true usually are.

If you are not an organized person you will want to hire an outside credit repair firm to do this for you. It will not work to your benefit if you try to take this process on yourself if you do not have the organization skills to keep things straight.

To improve your credit rating, pay off unpaid collection accounts. It’s better to have paid collections in your credit history than unpaid collections, so make dealing with unpaid collections a priority. You can negotiate to reduce the amount you owe and to have derogatory comments removed, but make sure to get any agreements of this kind in writing.

Credit and spending habits differ from person to person, and so will the means and methods of repairing that credit and controlling that spending. Hopefully you have been able to garner a lot of beneficial information that will make repairing your credit a little bit easier, a little less stressful, and a lot more approachable!

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Computer Training Job

June 16, 2021   Matt

Computer Training Job

One of the best career opportunities in the IT industry is the computer training job. Computer training jobs can take place in a variety of environments. However, these type of jobs are very stable, the hours are scheduled in advance, and the reward of helping someone succeed in advancing their career are among the top reasons for working in the field. In fact, it is even possible to work a computer training job from home, as a personal tutor to those seeking training in a variety of arenas in modern computing.

In other areas of the computer technology industry, work can be unsteady, depending on the incoming work orders to stay busy. In addition, in many capacities, IT professionals find themselves on call during all hours of the night, the weekends, and even major holidays. With a computer training job, you’re set! There are no weekends, no night classes, and no holidays (unless you sign up for them in advance – there’s no last minute calling you in).

So what type of computer training jobs are available, and where do you find them? Some local mom and pop repair shops would be glad to host a weekly class aimed at the community to bring in business. They might not pay you directly, but you could charge an admission fee for your class and any reference material you might provide. While this type of computer training job seems more on the entrepreneurial side, it is all up to you.

Another opportunity for someone wanting to work in a computer training job could be working as a consultant for the small businesses in your area. Most small businesses use computers in their day to day operation, but many cannot afford a full-time IT person on staff. This presents an opportunity for the right person to come in and present weekly or monthly employee training classes. There is a wide variety of topics that could be coverd in such a computer training job, such as basic network troubleshooting, file maintenance, Internet security, and the like. If you want to be your own boss and have a computer training job, you will have to think outside the box.

Of course, there is the formal type of computer training job. These positions usually present themselves at the local college or university level, as well as at the corporate office of bigger companies. However, the one downside to this type of computer training job is that it will most certainly require a degree, not just a certification in your field. Any of the aforementioned computer training job ideas would present well just having a major certification under your belt in the area you are looking to conduct classes in. The halls of higher learning, however, require a much stricter criteria for hiring the teachers for their classes.

The bottom line is that if you want to experience a fulfilling area within the IT industry, finding a career in a computer training job is one way to certainly do it. From the standpoint of the entrepreneurial computer expert, there is no better way to take back control of your time and your life than developing your own career path. Put your best foot forward and come up with a great idea. Remember, think outside of the box, and you can find yourself working in a computer training job in no time at all!

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Professional Help with Your Computer May Be Cheaper Than You Think

June 11, 2021   Matt

Professional Help with Your Computer May Be Cheaper Than You Think

We all deal with them, those little computer problems that aren’t quite big enough to warrant a call to the Computer Guy. You know, like every once in a while your camera won’t transfer its pictures the right way. Or like the times when all of a sudden your computer shuts down for no apparent reason and with no warning whatsoever. Don’t forget those odd “Run Time Errors” with the crazy numbers in them. I love those.

The worst part is, you could probably fix some of these things yourself if you just had a little help or guidance. Calling a professional, while sometimes necessary, can be both a greater inconvenience and of course a greater cost. It may take forever to contact them, and when you do get in touch with the help desk, they always make you reboot the thing twelve times before you get any real advice.

Let me be clear on a couple things before we continue. First, I am a professional computer technician and have been working in the industry for over 15 years. There are numerous occasions where a professional is needed to help with or repair your PC. It is often my advice to have your system evaluated at least one every three months. On top of that, there are many things a novice should not try on their PC for fear of causing more harm than good. Not everything is this way though.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Your best way to help maintain your computer is by staying informed and educated. I’m not suggesting everyone run out and get a Computer Science degree, but I am suggesting you use some of the top notch free resources that are available to you. The largest these days is of course the internet.

Don’t get nervous yet, I’m not suggesting you look up some super hi-tech article and study it until you know it inside and out. You don’t have to. The net is full of people who already understand these things and are more than willing to pass some of that understanding on to you. They do this in forums.

Forums are a wonderful thing. A lot of forums are actual cyber communities of people who love to talk about various topics. They have people of varying skill sets, all interacting in a friendly supportive way. I know there’s a free computer support forum out there with people in it just waiting to answer some of your questions.

So next time those pop ups are driving you crazy, and you can’t reach your favorite help desk, stop by a computer support forum. You’ll be surprised at how good an experience it can be.

-Dave

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Data Recovery: 3 Steps To Fix It

June 06, 2021   Matt

Data Recovery: 3 Steps To Fix It

When do you need data recovery help? There are going to be those times when you just delete the wrong file or lose your data when your computer somehow loses power. But, what about the event of hard drive failure? What in the world can you do then to repair the lost data that you have? There are several things that you will want to do to get that data back. Luckily, today’s computers are often powerful tools that have some helpful strategies to prevent and restore these problems.

Step 1: Determine what has happened. If you find that you have an error message on your screen, jot it down. That is a clue as to what happened. You may need to contact your provider to access help. If your data is gone, and you can not find it in your recycle bin, keep track of what happened.

Step 2: Try your recovery system. Most computers today have a back up that will save what you are working on as you are working on it. This can be helpful in providing you with the necessary help you need in finding files that are just lost.

Step 3: If these things are not enough to restore any of the data that you have lost, or you have had a hard drive crash, it is essential to use a good quality data recovery product or software tool to help in restoring at least some of it. If your system does not come with this, which most do not, you will need to purchase it. But, it can help to restore data that is far more worthwhile to you when you think that everything is gone.

Even with data recovery software and the best computer technicians, not everything can be successfully recovered. If nothing else, you can learn from this and keep everything on your computer backed up onto a removable disk. Consider doing this at least weekly if you use your computer for quite a bit of storage, monthly otherwise.

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How To Get Music On Your Iphone

June 01, 2021   Matt

How To Get Music On Your Iphone

Iphones haven’t been on the market all that long and already they are becoming one of the most popular must have gadgets around. One of the questions on many Iphone owners’ lips’ is how to get music onto their Iphone. If you’re familiar with Ipods you may already know how this is done, but if not, read on to find out how to get some music on your Iphone.

In order to download music to your Iphone, there are a few things you will need-

1-A computer-age and specifications shouldn’t matter, as long as it’s newer than say 6 or 7 years. You’ll also need enough free space on the computer’s hard drive.
2-An internet connection. Speed isn’t an issue, you will however be better off with the fastest connection you can find though, as if you are still stuck on dial up or something it can take a while to download the files you want.
3-You’ll also need the USB lead that came with the Iphone to connect it to the computer. At this stage it’s not yet possible to download songs directly from the internet to the Iphone, so you will need to save them to your computer first.

The last thing is the trickiest-somewhere to download the music from!

The first thing you will need to know is to avoid the torrent sites-they are also known as P2P or peer to peer sites. Using these sites may result in you having criminal proceedings brought against you, as they are illegal, and it can also result in your computer being damaged beyond repair by malware and trojans etc that may be embedded in your downloads.

You’ll find that there are no places where you can actually download free music for your iphone, but you will find there are a few sites which can offer the next best thing-unlimited downloads after a small one off fee. If you can find a site like this you will end up getting fantastic value for money.

The other alternative is to put your CD collection on your Iphone. This is usually done by obtaining a “ripping” program to use on your computer-this will enable you to literally “rip” the songs from CD and save them as files on your computer. Despite it’s scary name, ripping the songs from a CD doesn’t affect it in any way. Once you have the songs saved on the computer, it’s usually just a case of connecting the Iphone to the computer and synchronizing the Iphone, which should then automatically transfer all the songs over to the Iphone.

Hopefully you have found this article informative and helpful when transferring music onto your Iphone.

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