iPhone Users:Hey guys, here’s a handy l

iPhone Users:Hey guys, here’s a handy little tip I dreamed up that won’t let you ignore your to-do list. First, make a to-do list in Evernote, open the to-do list in the iPhone Evernote app and take a screen shot of it. Set the to-do lit screenshot as your lock screen wallpaper.

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Tool Bars….Where do they all come from?

Sometimes us techies come across great websites that we don’t really want to share. That’s because they are handy tools of the trade.  This month’s web site is a great time saver for installing all that mundane software when you get a new computer. You know the list: Gotomeeting, Adobe reader, iTunes, Java, Skype, Dropbox … and it goes on and on and on.  [2]www.ninite.com allows you select what free programs you want to install on your computer in one fell swoop. Click on the programs you want to install … click on the HUGE GREEN BUTTON THAT SAYS “GET INSTALLER” and voila .

Clink, Clunk, Grind

Ok, here comes a good one! Now and again, we’ll get a call from a customer telling us about a noise their computer is making. It’s the typical bring your car into the shop and let them diagnose the noise. Much easier said than done. In most computers you have 2-3 moving parts, tops. The hard drive (which is headed towards solid state, no moving parts), a fan for your processor, power supply and/or possibly your video card and a CD player. Well, usually the noises we hear come from a hard drive or failing fan. Have a strange noise coming from your computer? Think it might be a hard drive? Well this web site recorded the sounds of failing hard drives by manufacturer. Neat!

http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

Tech U – This Friday. Make More Money by

Tech U – This Friday. Make More Money by Mastering and Leveraging Client Information
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Just completed and tested a simple disas

Just completed and tested a simple disaster recovery plan for one of our customers.

TechU Toolbox Workshop: Surf the Web for

TechU Toolbox Workshop: Surf the Web for Greater Efficiency and Profit this Friday: http://ow.ly/42dzN

Hard Drive Making Noise? Check this site

Hard Drive Making Noise? Check this site out for sound clips of hard drive failures!
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Doing some remodeling around the house?

Doing some remodeling around the house? $20 USB power outlet leaves no plug behind. http://ow.ly/3FvEY

Deleting files?

AVOIDING COMPUTER HEADACHES
One of the primary causes of PC problems and irritating errors is deleting files. For many of us, when we see a program we don’t recall or see a file we deem unimportant, we’re quick to delete and erase it. What many of us don’t realize is: these seemingly harmless actions can result in headaches and errors further down the line.

• The best place to uninstall a program is through the Control Panel’s ‘Add/Remove’ Program List.
• Always double check you clicked on the right program box before you choose to remove it.
• If you’re prompted to delete a ‘shared drive,’ don’t delete it! This was help prevent future error messages, in case you remove a file another software program relies on.
• If the program you want to delete isn’t listed under ‘Add/Remove,’ go to Programs and look for the specific software folder. Most have a folder called ‘Manual Uninstall’ which will help you removed the program.
• If you don’t recognize a program in your ‘Add/Remove’ folder, don’t jump and get rid of it. It may have a strange name (leaving you fearful of some virus or worm) but chances are, it’s meant to be there. Consult with Denver Desktop Support who knows PC’s.

Though these bits of advice are one way to prevent crashes and error messages, there are plenty of other Windows errors that are more of a challenge to fix.