Podnutz Daily #71 - Blue Screen of Death Screensaver

Listen Here: pnd071.mp3



Blue Screen Of Death Screen Saver
Ever see one?
It is a Sysinternals product.
Malware.
SuperAntiSpyware detects & removes it.

Dell Latitude D600
Would not boot.
After the Dell spash screen it would go black.
No error messages.
Tried fixboot bootcfg/repair in the Recovery console.
Also ran chkdsk (not /r)
Started right up after that.

Thankful for the easy jobs.
Back-to-back difficult jobs stress you out
while the easy jobs give you confidence and energy.

HP laptop with IE 7 issues:
It would say application halted or application failed.
I thought it could not be as easy to fix
as going into IE Tools/Advanced/Reset
... but it WAS that simple to repair.
(You cannot do this in IE 6 though)

Repairs come in waves.
The current wave is processors.
Normally I will do 5/yr and I talk about
how I troubleshoot/pinpoint processors issues.
And how I determine hd/processor problem.

Customer returns:
I have been experiencing customers calling back
after a fix stating specific things do not work
after I have fixed their issues.

Don't cut corners. Do a stellar job.
Learn from your mistakes/returns
Tie up all of those loose ends that are nagging the back of your mind
that you know will make or break a thorough job.
They will call back if it is not right.

Email from William:
Apps that I install on new PCs
Firefox
Thunderbird
Foxit Reader
PCHelpWare
Open Office
KeePass
7zip
AVG
CD Burner XP
Picasa
VLC
What do you install??

William also has a Welcome document he hands out to his customers.
Missing the link. Please resend William!

Email from Hamrad:
Two computers
98 and XP
He wants to eliminate the 98 machine
(and dual boot XP and 98 for software reasons?)

Steve admits he was not into PCs until 2005.
I think that gap hurts me with these types of questions.

Email from Michael aka "Zinger":
Google Ads and I want to see your website
that turns your Google traffic into business.

Here it is Michael:
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Email from Bob:
Bob loves hearing from Simon and would like
to have him as a repeat guest.


Voicemail from Sacs aka Colin:
Colin says Open ID is good.
He also uses Acronis at work.
Active Password Recovery
Learn how to change a Windows Password using a Windows CD!


Voicemail from Joe:
Joe chimes in about IE 8
If you are on Vista and install IE 8
there seems to be no way to retro back to IE 7