Podnutz Daily #83 - Taking Apart Laptops For No Reason

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Ever use driverguide.com?
They have every driver known to man.
Free site but what a pain in the neck.
You have to click through 10-15 ads to get the driver you need.



Two jobs on one PC
Computer today was just too infected with spyware and virus.
I removed them all but the system was just crippled.
Had to do a reinstall



Dell 1401 laptop with power problems.
Turns off after 10-15 minutes.
Took battery out and just used cord.
Would not turn on.
Opened it up and checked the soddering...
Tested with volt meter ....
I talk about how I fixed this issue
via the power indicator light.


Bought a good power supply tester:
Thermaltake Dr. Power Power Supply Tester
Saved us a lot of time today.


Power button/supplies and IBM NetVista
and what is a confidence repair?



Email from David:
Downgrade from Vista to XP
Get the details of Vista downgrade rights.


Email from Carey:
Windows XP SP3 is cumulative.
You can go from SP1 to SP3
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/xp_sp3.asp





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