My computer is having a hardware issue when booting... I think. Started getting BSODs when booting (Windows XP, SP2). I can't say for certain what the error is since the computer restarts immediately on throwing the error (even with the automatic restart disabled). The error isn't consistent: someti...

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I finally had enough of the Windows PC in my room. I can’t take it anymore. This is just too much for me to handle. The haunted USB connect / disconnect problem has been officially fixed. Too bad I forgot I had a mute feature! When̵...

photo credit: sethschoen One of my most popular blog posts of 2008, judging by comments and hits on the post overall, was this one - Unmountable Boot Volume (Dell, Fix) - where I outlined in October 2007 some steps that can be used to get around that boot volume blue screen error on Windows XP. Sinc...

We’re all familiar with the BSD (Blue Screen of Death) when it comes to Windows. Perhaps you’ve experienced the ever so popular “missing dll errors”, spyware, or the time consuming defragging. Some feel that Windows just offers a little too much, leaving your system feeling b...

When you’ve been sitting at your desk for 20 minutes and a co-worker walks past and says, “Hey take your coat off and stay a while.” — It’s not going to be a good day. This morning at home, after I’d edited a snippet of video for what was going to be the “mo...

I love hearing great stories from IT people and nonits (what I’ve decided to call non-IT folk) and below is part of an email that a lovely IT reader sent in: If something does break and there are error messages that come up, WRITE THEM DOWN. I can’t stress this enough, those error messag...

    Look closely at the dialog box on the right. It’s Mac OS X info sheet for an attached Windows computer. Now look even more closely at the simulated screen on the image of an ugly big CRT monitor. See the BSOD? Who said they don’t have a sense of humor? Advertisement : AlertBoot Har...

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I really don’t mind the Mac. Then again, I didn’t mind Windows XP, either. I did, however, mind Windows Vista. I’ve shared my reasons over and over. I now have no Vista machines in my home… [rssbullet:http://shop.tagja...

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A caller said he has an HP Laptop with what he believes is a BIOS problem. When you turn on the machine, it goes through the boot screen, and then freezes. He’s tried doing a full system recovery, which doesn’t work. He gets error...

http://live.pirillo.com - A caller said he has an HP Laptop with what he believes is a BIOS problem. When you turn on the machine, it goes through the boot screen, and then freezes. He's tried doing a full system recovery, which doesn't work. He gets errors with codes that he isn't able to narrow do...