Network Printer Offline
Yesterday I was at a client site where everyone prints directly to the printers, rather than sharing via a print server. One of the PCs kept showing a printer as offline, even though everyone else was printing to it. From the PC you could ping the printer and even browse to the builtin web server [...]
Omnibook BIOS Reset
A good friend gave me an old HP Omnibook of his, which was used by a former employee and he hadn’t used it in well over a year. It turned out to have a BIOS password, which he didn’t know.
I thought I was in for some laptop disassembly to remove the CMOS battery or change a jumper; perhaps even worse, to [...]
Now I’m part of the iCrowd
I finally caved and bought an iPhone. The tipping point was that my Verizon contract was up and I could save about $25/month by going to AT&T. (A friend of a friend is the store manager.)
It also helped that the iPhone 3Gs came out, offered a mature OS with a landscape keyboard and the big [...]
Samsung Locked!
I haven’t seen this before, but it was an easy fix.
My customer’s Samsung LCD monitor was off center, but when he tried to use the Auto adjust feature or manually change the screen position, the menu always showed “Locked!”
A quick search showed that all that needed to be done was to hold the Menu button [...]
Laptop Power
This is an interesting breakdown on laptop power consumption from the Windows Tips and Tricks UPDATE newsletter:
Q. What uses the most battery power on my laptop?
John Savill
A. The LCD display. In fact, almost half the power in most laptops is used by the screen, which is why dimming your screen can save you a lot [...]
Dell now posting Outlet deals on Twitter
Thanks to G4TV for this nugget:
Dell is now offering Outlet deals via Twitter. You can follow here: http://twitter.com/DellOutlet
Update: Check out who the Dell Outlet is following, there are more deals to be tweeted.
Recalling Batteries Still… Seriously?
ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes posted another chapter in the continuing saga of the Sony battery recall. Seriously, how long will it take to get over this?