Podnutz Daily #254 - Qomputer Doctor
Steve is joined by Jose of qomputerdoctor.com in Sacramento, California
Running time: 1:08:50Added: 17 Jul 2010
Computers Worked On:
Dell latitude TP01S laptop getting scrambled video then rebooting in a loop, problem cleared when keyboard was removed, replaced keyboard
Lenovo Z210 desktop with vista, slow to boot, traced to bad usb card reader
Computer won't log in to an account as a result of spyware removal, required a registry hack with ERD commander
Topics and Links Discussed:
Voicemails/Emails:
Rob writes on the subject of liquid electrical tape and recommends Plastidip , and also offers more alternative stolen laptop trackers: Adeona , Ihound , Prey , and Laptop Sentry
Rob also writes about a laptop that would overheat and blow out spoke before shutting down, traced to a shorting wire
Andrew writes about Multi-toolbar Remover to remover stubborn add-on toolbars
Haroon writes about a computer boot timer script from britec computer forums to show a customer the changes in boot times.
Drew writes about the opensource customer relationship manager MyITCRM as an alternative to TSMan
Roberto is looking for a service manual for an ACER Aspire 4720Z, Steve suggest the shownotes for Podnutz Daily 251
Carlos has joined team leafblower, and tells of a Compaq Pressario PC SR1103WM shutting down during a windows install, traced to overheating with much dust on the CPU
Max also talks about Prey laptop tracker
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