Access denied on USB devices
The other day, my daughter called me from her college dorm. All of a sudden, her roommate couldn’t connect her USB flash drive to her HP laptop. The error message she was receiving was...
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Skype camera not working
I ran into a weird issue the other day. My daughter left for college and for the first time in 18 years, we weren’t able to see her in over a week. So I...
Extend the life of your laptop with SSD
There are two kinds of people in this world. There’s the person who leases a car and turns it in every 2 –3 years for the next big thing and then there’s the person...
Should I buy a desktop or laptop?
This is an older post back from a couple of years ago that I decided to dust off and add a little more information to it. Nothing better to do during a snow storm...
Replace Dell Inspiron 1545 CCFL screen with LED
I recently had to replace a screen on my daughter’s Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. It started to lose pixels several months ago and it was getting worse. It finally got to the point where it was...
How to speed up your computer
It is inevitable that your once lightning fast shiny new PC starts to slowly respond slower and slower to the point of utter frustration. You’ve spent your hard earned cash on this computer and...