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    New beta product from Malwarebytes

    I put this on my personal computer to try out, Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomeware (beta). I like most of their products so I will give this one a try, can't hurt and may possibly be a winner. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/malwarebytes-anti-ransomware-beta/
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    Just installed 10122 insider preview

    Went off without a hitch. Started the upgrade within Windows 10 environment so all of my apps and programs were not affected, so cool. Will give it a try out in a bit.
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    New build out Windows 10 Pro technical Preview

    Got it yesterday, not had much time to try it out.
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    Just a sad, sad story. What are people thinking?

    A client asks if I can recover some pictures from an external hard drive after a virus got on his computer, I said I will try. When he bring in the desktop & external drive I am told the rest of the story. His Trojan was Cryptowall 3, he got from an email that had been opened, got his computer...
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    Review time

    Got it up and running, we shall see.
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    CPU Usage spikes

    OK, got a Compaq laptop running windows 7 with 3gb ram, was running poorly, the CPU usage was very high. After cleaning the system all is good with one exception, CPU usage is 1% to 4% but every 50 seconds it spikes to 25% for just a moment, then drops back off. I have closed everything I know...
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    Windows 8.1 Preview, Pretty nice

    Initial looks, seems like Microsoft listened to folks that were unhappy. Many good changes to the operating system, so far looks good, I need more time to evaluate it though.
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    About cloning, imaging software, not all created equal !

    Got one this morning that the hhd reported Smart had failed so I immediately set up a new drive to clone to & crossed my fingers as they had no backup of QuickBooks, tried my favorite software first Acronis True Image 2013, a paid for software,, no good. Next was Easeus Disk Copy, it quit at...
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    Video problem Compaq

    I would like some of your input before I go dropping money on this laptop. Compaq CQ56 with Win7 laptop here is the problem, the screen lights, nice and bright but no video ( cannot see anything on screen). I can connect with an external monitor and everything is visible so I updated the video...
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    Win8 Professiional

    Wonder the reason MS is going to ask such a low price initially for Win8, I think it is excellent at such a low price, I will be buying a few installs. The more I work with it the more I discover that Win8 is quite good.
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    Consumer Beta Windows 8

    Downloaded it, burned ISO & installed, pretty nice so far. From power button to desktop is less than one & one half mins. on a five year old desktop.
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    Western Digital Update

    Got an email from Western Digital today that I thought I would share, might benefit someone. We're pleased to report that we have restarted production in Thailand and we're seeing a more consistent flow of drives making their way to the channel. As the world's most preferred hard drive brand...
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    Seagate Warrranty

    Looks like Seagate is cutting back on its warranty policy, just thought I would share. This is part of an email I received today At Seagate, we are standardizing warranty terms to be more consistent with those commonly applied throughout the consumer electronics and technology industries. By...
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    no charging issue HP DV4 laptop ??

    I've got two (2) HP DV4 laptops, one has an issue. The one with an issue shut off while in use, checked the ac adapter with multimeter & it was dead. Put the battery in the other DV4 and it charged to 100% charging, so with the newly charged battery back into the problemed computer. Now the...
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    DVD burner drivers ? HP laptop

    HP laptop G60 series running Vista Home Premium. Dvd drive will not work, in Device Manager the device status says "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged". (code 19). I have tried 2 other new drives with the...
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    How much stock would you put into this repair?

    Best New Year Wishes Dell Inspiron 1545, Seagate 320 sata hard drive. System was having problems loading and running Vista, after extensive testing I ran Seagate DOS testing tools which showed failure on the short test. Software requested I run the long test which found two (2) errors, bad...
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    Message from web page?

    Not exactly sure where to post this because it is new to me. No matter what web site I go to on this system I get a message, if I go to facebook first "Message from webpage. Line 97 of http://www.facebook.com/?ref=hp: Library not registered". I can go no further till I check OK, then the next...
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    HP DV2000 Screen Question

    HP DV2000 laptop brought in with a screen problem. This problem is just a little different than usual. Usually the screen is either black (nothing at all) or dim can see desktop, very dim though. This laptop displays about 1/2 the normal brightness on the screen but you cannot see the...
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    2 Problems with Vista start-up ( i have no idea)

    Thanks in advance. I am sure I am missing something here but it has me baffled. Unable to change settings in Vista Boot Manager, such a seconds to boot & I must press enter key to continue, this has only one operating system. Second problem is Windows log in box is already completly filled in...
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    This may sound strange BUT

    Sony Vaio PCG 7A2L, Upon booting there is no control of the keyboard, such as you cannot key up or down to select Safe Mode, if you put in a Windows disk to do a repair install you cannot press enter to boot from DVD. No matter what keys are pressed on boot no effect at all. I did manage to...

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