Podnutz Daily #164 - I Give Up on the 5.25 Inch Disks!

Listen Here: pnd164.mp3

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- Advice on SoundFlower a Mac OS X (10.2 and later) system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications
- How to disable error reporting and why
- Loud computer/fan repair
- Use monitor wipes & wet/dry vac w/ brush on the laptop before you hand it back
- Angie's List
- You have to adjust applications in msconfig in all Windows profile accounts!
- Dell Studio laptops have bad speakers
- Could not get a Vista machine to boot into Windows from the Welcome screen
- Lost's Black Smoke Monster came out of a laptop
- Great Tech Debate and Podnutz Twitter announcements
- Martha Stewart on Leno about Twitter
- How to get info off of a 5.25 disk to a current computer? We give up!
- Tracking how customers find our shop. Marketing 101


Voice Mail from Andrew The Computer Guy
- How's business? He is getting annihilated.
- Simon and his apoxy for Mitch


Email from Bob
- Is your computer covered under warranty
- Scareware epidemic bilks cautious computer users (Fox News)


Email from David
- OEM license dies with motherboard?


Email from Ray
- Problems with PodNutz Lounge
- Charging for installing Linux Mint
- He set up a Linux machine in his shop for customers to try (EPIC !!)


Email from Joel
- Ebay seller that replaces laptop motherboard chips. Crazy?
- No charge if they cannot fix it


Email from Chris
- Do you leave your cleaning tools on the customer's PC?


Email from Bob
- Linux on SATA/IDE drives (I think)


Email from Rolando
- How do you pull an AC jack from a motherboard?
- Steve explains how to get a jack off (pun not intended)


Email from DoorToDoorGeek
- Get your driver downloads at NoDevice.com
- 2 types of techs: fixers and reinstallers (epic)
- exelib.com the fastest growing, most accurate, database of executable programs


Live call from Ben
- Podnutz is #46 in the technology field on PodCastAlley.com
- #16 on iTunes
- Recording Skype on Windows Mac
- Übercaster $80
- Wire Tap Pro $69
- Call Recorder $14.95
- Audio Hijack Pro $32

Ben's Hackintosh and the links FLOW:
- iATKOS
- iDeneb 10.5.6
- Boot 132
- Tweeie for Mac ("No adobe air crud" ~ Ben)

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