Qetuo.me » Technology Podcasts http://www.qetuo.me Quality Entertainment That’s Undeniably Outstanding Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:57:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Quality Entertainment That’s Undeniably Outstanding Qetuo.me no Quality Entertainment That’s Undeniably Outstanding Qetuo.me » Technology Podcasts http://www.qetuo.me/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.qetuo.me/category/tech/ The Computer Repair Podcast – 009 – Bad Tech, Bad, Bad! http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/009-bad-tech-bad-bad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=009-bad-tech-bad-bad http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/009-bad-tech-bad-bad/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:17:24 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=634

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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/009-bad-tech-bad-bad/feed/ 4 Ben's back from a small CRP hiatus and is now back in full form with more Computer Repair goodness, he talks about playing with VLC on Windows and Mac, his HMCPC, a new podcast with Buyer Brown, A mess of Software updates, sweet tech tool, Ben's Monolog Ben has a new studio. Ben Would Like to Make a request to all the listeners of The Computer Repair Podcast, Hes looking for contributors for the show, duties are recording a segment 5-10 min about any subject/software/hardware pertaining to Computer Repair. Please Email Him (mailto:feedback@qetuo.me) if you are interested. Ben's playing with UltraVNC (http://www.uvnc.com/) on Windows XP and Chicken of the VNC (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/) on my Mac. This is how he can stream the show while on skype. More on Ben's Home Media Center Personal Computer (HMCPC) install. Odd repair on Ben's own PC that involved a full hard drive that wasn't full sort of. New Podcast with Ben Straw And Buyer Brown called Road Of I and We (http://www.qetuo.me/roiaw/) Software Updates Its been over a month since I have done the update section and there have been ALOT of updates. I'm not going to give you them all, that would take over an hour. So I'm going to run down on some notable apps, that had updates. Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility 1.0.7.3e (http://www.sarducd.it/downloads.html) the also have a 2.0 Beta version and its looking sweet. SUPERAntiSpyware 4.45.1000 (http://www.superantispyware.com/) ClamAV® stable 0.96.4 (http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/) Remove Fake Antivirus 1.70 (http://freeofvirus.blogspot.com/2009/05/remove-fake-antivirus-10.html) CCleaner 3.00.1310 (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner) Glary Utilities 2.29.0.1032 (http://www.glarysoft.com/products/utilities/glary-utilities/) Katana: Portable Multi-Boot Security Suite V2.0 (http://www.hackfromacave.com/katana.html#katana_download) Adobe updates! hrmm Flash, Shockwave, Acrobat, 64bit and Windows, and Mac and Linux and and... well you get the point. (http://www.adobesucks.com/) RealPlayer (http://www.real.com/realplayer/download) Fixes at least seven critical vulnerabilities Microsoft has issued a security bulletin advanced notification for the November Patch Tuesday which is next week. Three bulletins will be issued, fixing two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and one fixing an elevation of privilege issue in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. Tech's Hardware (http://www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/41K79FnkQTL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)Metro Vacuum MDV-1BA DataVac Pro 4.5-AMP Computer Vac/Blower (http://www.qetuo.me/datavac) Today, you can't be in business if your computer is out of business. One minute piece of lint, dust, hair, debris or paper shred can stop your computer cold. That means undone projects, fractured schedules and costly downtime. But now there's DataVac, the world's best computer cleaning systems. High-powered and specially designed to clean computers, printers and all sensitive-to-dust electronic equipment used in the modern office. And, to help you clean even more thoroughly DataVac's "Pro Series" includes a 4 piece Micro Cleaning Tool Kit. There's a DataVac "Pro" model to satisfy every need... all at affordable prices. Tech Talk I found A very interesting article from PCTechBytes.com Titled "Top Ten Things A New Computer Tech Should Not Do (http://www.pctechbytes.com/computer-repair-2/top-ten-things-a-new-computer-tech-should-not-do)" And I'm going to discuss some thing they blogged about. Email Me if you q=want to hire me to create a Nice Tech Web Site, or build one one your own using Tech Site Builder (http://www.techsitebuilder.com/). Also use Payed Hosting like Hostgator. (http://www.qetuo.me/hostgator) Listener Feedback I like the new hardware picks, and BTW Thanks for the Foxit find. I knew about Foxit but I didn't know it could display side by side. Perfect. Mark (MeClaudius) Next time on The Computer Repair Podcast. The Tech Talk is going to be some topic that is a surprise... who knows what or who might popup! So if you have any feedback or questions you can always send me an email at feedback@qetuo. Qetuo.me no 36:48 The Computer Repair Podcast – 008 – Malware Removal isnt a joke http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-008-malware-removal-isnt-a-joke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-008-malware-removal-isnt-a-joke http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-008-malware-removal-isnt-a-joke/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:13:18 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=585 Subscribe to The Computer Repair Podcast
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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-008-malware-removal-isnt-a-joke/feed/ 3 Back From the dead Ben talks about, 3 new computers one hes going to use for a media center pc, a weeklong windows 7 experience, an update for a listener, in news we have seen a BIG update from from with in Redmond. (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Malware Removal isnt a joke. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png)Help Support the show Click Here (http://www.qetuo.me/support/) to find out how. Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp008.mp3)Download episode to a Mobile Phone. (#qrcode) Ben's Monolog Qetuo.me and The Computer Repair Podcast is now listed on the Bookmarks4Techs Blog (http://bookmarks4techs.blogspot.com/2010/08/site-update-25.html) A neighbor gave Ben 2 Dell dimension 3000 computers, P4 at 2.8ghz, 2gb of ram, 80gb HDD both the same specs, and a nice Compaq Presario SR1920NX, which is a AMD Athlon 64 2.2 Ghz, 1.5GB ram, and 200GB HDD. The dells had a many of spyware on them, and the Compaq had AV 2010 in which the previous owner had tried to remove it with Norton AS 2010 with no eval. Also a working HP Deskjet D2660 the only thing that was wrong with it was the power button was pushed into the case. Ben's weeklong windows 7 experience and the media center he is building with the Compaq he talked about earlier. Ben has an update for one of the listeners of The Computer Repair Podcast "Mark (MeClaudius)" He asked "I am trying to find a separate PDF reader which displays two consecutive pages at a time side by side just as you would read a magazine." Well I found one called FoxIt Reader, In the show notes there is a image show how to view a PDF in Magazine style. Click here to see the image on how its done (http://www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/foxitreader.jpg) Computer Repair Related News In the last 2 weeks we have seen a BIG update from from with in Redmond. But experts say the bug fixs wont last, Hackers cracked and released a version the Bata version of Microsoft's Windows 7 SP1 GA, Microsoft sets release date for IE 9 for September 15, 2010, Adobe Confirms a BIG PDF Zero-Day and pushes an update to fix the zero-day, First plane confirmed to be crashed by malware a within critical systems warning computer, and malware writers try to make malware that computer repair techs think are trust worthy. Software Updates QuickTime 7.6.7 (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) * Address CVE-2010-1799. The update is available for Windows 7, Vista, XP SP2 or later. "Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution". CCleaner v2.34.1200 (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner) (26 Jul 2010) * Extended cookie cleaning to include HTML5 Web Storage. * Improved Index.dat cleaning by deleting ones not locked by the system. * Improved "Install date" detection and accuracy for Uninstall Tool. * Improved file lock detection when analyzing to avoid false reporting. * Improved scrolling for list control to avoid repaint problems. * Improved cleaning of Recycle Bin. * Improved jumplist support to avoid possible UI lock. * Updated eMule cleaning. * Minor bug fixes. VLC 1.1.3 (http://www.videolan.org/) Foxit Reader 4.1.1 (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php) Remove Fake Antivirus 1.67 (http://freeofvirus.blogspot.com/2009/05/remove-fake-antivirus-10.html) Safari 4.1.1 and 5.0.1 (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276) * Address's several vulnerabilities. Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2 (http://www.mozilla.com) * Several fixes to improve stability. * Several fixes to the user interface. Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.0.0.67 & 5.0.0.68 (Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.0.0.68) 5.0.0.67 Update * PDF file extension added to default extension list. * 3-day trial mode bugfix. * Freeware license option in setup wizard added. * Freeware use without user account registration added. Qetuo.me no 31:42 The Computer Repair Podcast – 007 – Malware Works http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-007-malware-works/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-007-malware-works http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-007-malware-works/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:52:52 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=557 Subscribe to The Computer Repair Podcast
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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-007-malware-works/feed/ 1 God help us because Ben talks about, Some computer work he did. In the CRRN; Windows 7 SP1 Due out in 2011, Dell's Browser thats is a FireFox backend, Motherboard Malware, another DNS service, your Software updates, three new tech tools, malware tech, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Malware Works. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png)Help Support the show Click Here (http://www.qetuo.me/support/) to find out how. Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp007.mp3) Ben's Monolog Computer Backup (Didn't backup pirated movies) Other Podcasters you should check out * Casual Warcrafting (http://www.noworriesgaming.com) * TCT Podcast (http://www.totallycooltech.com/) Computer Repair Related News Windows 7 SP1 RTM in Q1 2011 For those of you out there who Service packs, you will be happy to know that Microsoft has already confirmed "Officially" that the first service pack for Windows 7 will only be made available to customers worldwide in the first half of 2011. Also according to Microsoft, the Windows 7 Minimum System Requirements involve: “1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor; 1 GB of RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit); 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit); DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver; DVD-compatible drive and Internet access.” ------ Dell Browser (http://www.kace.com/products/freetools/secure-browser/) Dell recently-acquired KACE Networks and has just released a new Web browser called "Secure Browser". You might be asking why? well its essentially a sandboxed version of Firefox 3.6, with Flash and Reader plug-ins... Yes I'm not kidding its a blowed version of FireFox! Check out the link in the show notes for further stuff on the DELL browser Note: Dell's Secure Browser really is Firefox, with a secure wrapper. You have to uninstall the current version of Firefox to get it to work. from the looks of it, it is designed to be installed as the default browser on a new/old/home built/crappy/junk computer. ------ Adobe Show Off Protected Mode for Reader (http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2010/07/%20introducing-adobe-reader-protected-mode.html) Adobe have announced that Reader will run in a sandbox called Protected Mode l. It is based on Microsoft's Practical Windows Sandboxing that is similar to the Google Chrome sandbox and Microsoft Office 2010 Protected Viewing Mode. This is good news as it will drastically reduce the attacks and vulnerabilities that Adobe Reader users have been fed up with for years. Now Adobe needs to work on the security problems with Flash ------ Dell Server Motherboard Malware (http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19339458.aspx) Dell's PowerEdge R410 replacement motherboards some how contains malware with in the firmware. The issue is not present on new servers and does not impact non-Windows based servers (IE Linux/Unix). Dell is sending snail mail (yeah I know its but its Dell) and also calling affected customers. If you want more info on this problem the link is in the show notes. ------ Just in time a new DNS Service (ROLLING EYES!) Well I have to say you cant all we need now is for Apple and Microsoft to start getting in the the DNS biz. This time Sunbelt Softwar (http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/)e the guys who make VIPRE Antivirus have now come up with a new DNS service called ClearCloud (http://forums.clearclouddns.com/messageview.aspx?catid=247&threadid=5147&enterthread=y). that does about the same thing as... well the rest of them. If you want to try it out the Ip addresses are 74.118.212.1 and 74.118.212.2. I have a question I want to put out to the computer repair podcast community, is there a way to tunnel thru multiple DNS services? It might be a cool thing to do. Let me know @ feedback@qetuo.me (mailto:feedback@qetuo.me) Software Updates Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility (SARDU) 1.0.7.3d (http://www.sarducd.it) Qetuo.me no 35:21 The Computer Repair Podcast – 006 – Computer Lock Down for Clients http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-006-computer-lock-down-for-clients/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-006-computer-lock-down-for-clients http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-006-computer-lock-down-for-clients/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:33:02 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=519 Subscribe to The Computer Repair Podcast
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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-006-computer-lock-down-for-clients/feed/ 0 In The Computer Repair Podcast, Ben talks about, a correction to show #4, bad tairdown of a laptop, support site not using .zip, new service from OpenDNS, support site hacked with malware, software updates with Ben messing up on version numbers, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Computer Lock Down for Clients. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png)Help Support the show Click Here (http://www.qetuo.me/support/) to find out how. Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp006.mp3) Ben's Monolog Correction for show #4 about selling gold in CPU's Boss work laptop - A bad tairdown Support site using .RAR instead of .ZIP Computer Repair Related News OpenDNS FamilyShield On the last show, I was talking about NortonDNS and Google DNS, well last week OpenDNS which allows you to control what websites you can access, has launched a new service called OpenDNS FamilyShield. It features a pre-configured version of its OpenDNS service that automatically blocks adult content that is unsuitable for kids, proxy and anonymizer sites commonly used by savvy kids to bypass traditional Web filters, phishing sites that aim to trick you into handing over personal or financial information, and some virus-spreading malware websites“ Lenovo Support Website Infects Visitors with Trojan PC manufacturer Lenovo had its support website attacked when some hackers infected the site with a rogue IFrame. The download.lenovo.com subdomain was blacklisted by Google when the attack was occurring so Firefox or Google Chrome browsers would display a warning when the site was visited. After searching for an update about this attack and visiting the Lenovo support site on my own computer. FYI: The Lenovo website is now safe to visit. Software Updates Microsoft's Patch Tuesday (http://microsoft.com) * This month's Patch Tuesday includes four bulletins addressing five vulnerabilities. Two of the bulletins affect Windows; of those, one carries a Critical severity rating and one rated Important. Two bulletins, both with a severity rating of Critical, affect Microsoft Office. Java 6 Update 21 (http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html) * Oracle has released an update to the Java SDK and Java Runtime Environment raising the version of both to 6 Update 21. Among the long list of new features is support for additional system configurations including Google Chrome 4, performance improvements in Java VisualVM and at least one security fix. Developers and interested users can take a closer look at all the bugfixes of Java 6 Update 21 the link is in the show notes. VLC 1.1.0 Final (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) * VLC release notes (http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS) Foxit Reader 4.0 (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php) * Foxit Reader 4.0 has been redesigned to include many features not found in other free PDF readers such as: document collaboration, commenting tools, spell checking, multi-level security, form filling, and multimedia support. Sandboxie 3.46 (http://www.sandboxie.com/) * Version 3.46 has support for Synaptics trackpad scrolling and Logitech SetPoint mouse horizontal scrolling. Autoruns v10.01 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx) CCleaner v2.33.1184 (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download) * Added support for Flock 3.0. * Improved database compacting to only run when needed. * Improved Index.dat files cleaning for IE8 to include IECompatCache, IETldCache, PrivacIE folders. * Improved accuracy of cleaning status messages. * Improved localization and language support. * Improved UI text formatting for Cleaner screen. * Fixed Startup Tool double-clicking behavior on Win9x. * Minor improvements to Registry Cleaner on Windows 7. * Added Kurdish translation. Hiren's BootCD 10.6 * Added 14 new programs, removed 3 programs, and Updated 26 programs SuperAntispyware 4.39. Qetuo.me no 34:16 The Computer Repair Podcast – 005 – Ways to get help for a computer repair http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-ways-to-get-help-for-a-computer-repair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-ways-to-get-help-for-a-computer-repair http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-ways-to-get-help-for-a-computer-repair/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:21:51 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=499 Subscribe to The Computer Repair Podcast
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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-ways-to-get-help-for-a-computer-repair/feed/ 0 In this podcast Ben talks about, Ham, The first ATT fail, SMS text massages making its way into Malware, Norton Go Go DNS, Malware acting odd, Software updates from the last two weeks, How to get into a BIOS, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Ways to get help for a computer repair. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png) Qetuo.me no 39:01 The Computer Repair Podcast – 004 – After Parts. http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-004-after-parts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-004-after-parts http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-004-after-parts/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:01:57 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=469 Subscribe to this Show
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]]> http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-004-after-parts/feed/ 0 In this podcast I talk about, A Great Debate, Rouge Sysinterinals, Cloud Antivirus, Adobe flaw, Patch Tuesday that is coming up, Updated Boot CD's, SUPERAntiSpyware gets on the 64 bit wagon, open office updates, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; After Parts. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png) Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp004.mp3) Ben's Monolog I was a guest on episode 27 of The Great Tech Debate (http://podnutz.com/thegreattechdebate) with Steve C. and Tom Styles (Hamrad). Computer Repair Related News New Rouge antivirus acts as sysinternals * Link to remove Virus (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-sysinternals-antivirus) Panda Launches Cloud Antivirus (http://blog.cloudantivirus.com/2010/06/03/panda-cloud-antivirus-pro/) Adobe warns of BIG flaw in flash and reader - Like we dont know this already? (http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/06/adobe-warns-of-critical-flaw-in-flash-acrobat-reader/) Software Updates Patch Tuesday for June 2010 * Six bulletins affecting Windows (two critical, four important) * Two affecting Microsoft Office (important) * One affecting Windows and office (important) * One affecting Internet Explorer (critical) SystemRescueCD 1.5.5 (http://www.sysresccd.org/) * Install SystemRescueCd on a usb/removable device from Linux and Windows * Updated kernels * Two New boot option * Bug Fixes SUPERAntiSpyware 4.38.1004 (http://www.superantispyware.com/) * Now can take advantage of 64 Bit OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 (http://www.openoffice.org) * OpenOffice 2 and 3 may be affected by the TLS/SSL Renegotiation Issue in 3rd Party Libraries * Security vulnerability in OpenOffice related to python scripting * Some changes in the graphical user interface * And other changes (http://development.openoffice.org/releases/3.2.1.html) Hiren's BootCD 10.5 * Added new software and Updates to existing software Total Commander 7.55 RC 3 (http://www.ghisler.com/whatsnew.htm) * Actually was planned to released as the final version. But because of a bug in the Windows 7 firewall (causing frequent connection losses when using secure FTP), a lot of code in the built-in FTP client had to be changed. Therefore another test version has become necessary. Tech Tip This episode is not a tip, but a tool called NoVirusThanks Malware Remover v2.7.0 (http://www.novirusthanks.org/products/novirusthanks-malware-remover/) Tech Talk What to do with that old tech after upgrading a computer. I'm a pack rat when it comes to computer parts and almost never though a part out because of its usefulness later down the road. Old parts can be a revenue stream just look at the sellers on ebay and craigslist. I received an email last week from Mark that asked what are my policies on using “used parts” for customer repairs. So my policy as fair as telling people that a part is used or not... its hit or miss. Laptop Motherboards are one thing I don't let people know there used, because of the price. I don't think someone wants to pay around $400 dollars for a new Laptop MB from the manufacture, when you can pick up a used one for around $100 dollars on ebay. Also I don't tell them about used ram. I've found that new sticks of older types of ram like pc100, 133, and DDR you buy on ebay fail at a higher rate than the ones being pulled from computers that have been running for a while. But if your selling a part on ebay you must disclose if it is used or not. Its all about the feedback rating baby. Selling old hard drives and broken ones are one good way to make some extra cash. Those old and broken HD's offer good parts to those offer data recovery services and are always looking for HD's that can be used to help there own customers. Now I'm not saying you have to sell everything! You can also put the old tech to good use. Instructables. Qetuo.me no 28:09 The Computer Repair Podcast – 003 – Pricing for Support, Repairs, Parts and Payment Processing. http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-003-pricing-for-support-repairs-parts-and-payment-processing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-003-pricing-for-support-repairs-parts-and-payment-processing http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-003-pricing-for-support-repairs-parts-and-payment-processing/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 20:14:46 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=445 http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-003-pricing-for-support-repairs-parts-and-payment-processing/feed/ 1 In this podcast I talk about, Gone with Comcast, Adobe problems, Browser Hijacks, Cheap Computer Speakers, Recalls at HP and Compaq, Software Updates, My Tech talk is about Pricing for Support, Repairs, Parts, and Payment Processing, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Pricing for Support, Repairs, Parts, and Payment Processing. Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png) Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp003.mp3) Show Notes: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 * Registration Problem * Customer couldn't register due to having an account with adobe. Customer called saying he couldn't access the page he was on before when he starts his browser! I Found a Browser hijack called MyWebSearch within FireFox. Deleted plugin and reset to default and that fixed it fixed. I gave my 6 year old Creative Sound, computer speakers to a friend, and replaced them with a cheap branded set of powered emachines speakers that I found at a thrift store. A note to all; get good speakers, with good cables! These speakers are horrible when it comes to having a cell phones within 2 feet of the speakers. Computer Repair Related News Recall warning for HP, Compaq, HP Pavilion, and HP Compaq Laptop Battery Packs (http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/hbpr/M14.aspx) A Flash and Shock Patch Tuesday (http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/patch-tuesday_28.html) Software Updates Foxit PDF Reader 3.3.1 (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/whatsnew331.htm) * The New Foxit Reader has implemented a new screening process which protects end users from misleading messages embedded within the parameters of a pop-up dialog box. A pop-up dialog contains an area which is reserved for a message that is generated by the rendered PDF. Due to Foxit's concern that this message may mislead users to take an inadvisable action, Foxit Reader will no longer display the content of the message and removes any parameters within the Pop-up message that can be manipulated by the PDF. Total Commander 7.55 RC 2 (http://www.ghisler.com/whatsnew.htm) * A Bug Fix Release UBCD 5.0.1 (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=8723#8723) * Updated HDClone to V3.9.2. * Fixed bug in ubcd2iso.cmd * Removed bootdisk.exe from Active@ KillDisk V4.1 to save space. Google Chrome 5 out of beta (http://www.google.com/chrome) Tech Tools: The Online Edition Urlvoid.com (http://www.urlvoid.com/) Update Scanner (http://updatescanner.mozdev.org/en/index.html) * A cool FireFox extension that scans websites that don't have an RSS feed for updates. Soluto - Anti-Frustration Software (http://soluto.com/) Tech Talk What to Charge for support, repairs and parts! When researching the cost of supporting people, I noticed alot of things, And with those things three jumped out, 1. Bad websites which I'm not going to disguises at this time now, 2. They do not offer any price list on any of there services, and 3. The ones that did I thought where way to pricey for even my league. and why I say pricey I mean $200-$300 pricey. Since its hard to determine what to charge your customers I have linked up a Salary report showing what computer repair techs are making a year depending on years of experience. Salary Survey for Computer Repair Technicians (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Computer_Repair_Technician/Salary) Note: Those figures are for what employees of tech companies are getting payed, and not the sole proprietor like you, and hell it may not even help you  what so ever, but its linked up anyway. But really in order to determine the amount you need to charge, you need to take into account for a few things, * Your house hold bills * Rent If you have a shop * Insurance (for you and your shop if you have one) * Nest egg for parts, and car repair * Marketing materials (adwords, news paper, signs, etc) * Materials (Paper, Printer, Toner/Ink, Etc) * Taxes Qetuo.me no 31:43 The Computer Repair Podcast – #002 – Repair CD’s http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-002-repair-cds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-002-repair-cds http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-002-repair-cds/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 21:33:37 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=434 http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-002-repair-cds/feed/ 0 In this podcast I talk about, My computer repairs and what I have planned for my computer repair business, Software that has updated from the last time we talked, Two tech tools that you need to check out, and my Tech talk about Disks for use in Comput... (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Repair CD's Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png) Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp002.mp3) Show Notes: Computer Repairs I have been working on and what I have planed for my next step in my computer repair business. Software Updates Foxit PDF Reader 3.3 (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php) IE9 Developer Preview 2 (http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/) µTorrent 2.2 for Windows & Beta 0.9.3 for Mac (http://www.utorrent.com/downloads) UBCD V5.0.0 (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=8651#8651) Tech Tool Norton Power Eraser Beta (http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.asp?ssdcat=221&lcid=1033&origin=unk&env=production&tooltype=NMR) Tech Topic List Of CD's Technibble.com put together (http://www.technibble.com/large-list-of-useful-computer-repair-cds/) Other disks that are not mentioned Digiwiz MiniPE (Search Google) Hiren's Boot CD (Search Google) Spin Rite (http://grc.com/) PC-Check (http://www.eurosoft-uk.com/)GParted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php) Norton Bootable Recovery Tool (http://security.symantec.com/nbrt/nbrt.asp?ssdcat=221&lcid=1033&origin=unk&env=production&tooltype=NMR) Your Feedback Al (u-al) From Pittsburgh Pa. Writes, Ben, I just ordered from Deal extreme. Thanks for the tip. I enjoy browsing the site. Have you seen this item and how does it work? I have never heard of such a hardware device. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6762 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6762) I hope you don't mind but I noticed some typos on The Computer Repair Podcast Page. Having someone to proof read it is always a good thing because you may be in a rush to get it posted. I make typos when I am in a hurry and I made a couple in this e-mail that I caught before I sent it. lol I really like the new show. Good luck. Al (u-al) Pittsburgh Pa. Next Time on The Computer Repair Podcast. The Tech Talk is going to be about What to Charge for support, repairs and parts! and What to use to charge your customers. So if you have any feedback or questions you can always send me an email at feedback@qetuo.me or call the feedback line @ +1 304-449-4335 Qetuo.me no 22:22 The Computer Repair Podcast – 001 – Intro to The Computer Repair Podcast http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-001-intro-to-the-computer-repair-podcast-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-computer-repair-podcast-001-intro-to-the-computer-repair-podcast-1 http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-001-intro-to-the-computer-repair-podcast-1/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 03:01:35 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=396 http://www.qetuo.me/tech/computer-repair-podcast/the-computer-repair-podcast-001-intro-to-the-computer-repair-podcast-1/feed/ 2 In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Intro to The Computer Repair Podcast Subscribe to this Show - Download Episode: Click here - Show Notes: - What is this show about? Running a computer repair business at times can be hard work, (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/tcrp-300px.jpg) In this episode of The Computer Repair Podcast; Intro to The Computer Repair Podcast Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png) Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/tcrpodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/tcrp001.mp3) Show Notes: What is this show about? Running a computer repair business at times can be hard work, that is what this podcast is about, We give you updates on programs techs use, and ones you may have not known about. Along with that we give you tips on how to run your business, and interviews with techs and other people who can offer you advise on situations that may come in a daily life of a computer tech. Who am I To long to write Outlines for The Computer Repair Podcast * Software Updates for the week * Tech tool of the week weather it be hardware or software * Interview or Tech Topic * And Your Feedback Software Updates for the week Right Now I'm Trying to setup a VM with all the needed software a tech uses So as of this recording it isn't done... well I'm kinda lazy to but I'll get to it by the next show. If you have any software you want me to check up on shoot me an email @ feedback@qetuo.me Tech Tool of the Week Although this isn't a tech tool is a fix You might also Why A fix? Well Due to McAfee massing up computers due to there antivirus product, giving a false positive. So I wanted to Tell you how to fix it. Your going to need a Windows CD  thats able to boot into the recovery console. Once in the recovery console, you would type the following commands in the console prompt and then press Enter on your keyboard. copy \windows\system32\dllcache\svchost.exe \windows\system32 Once you type that command and press Enter, you should see that 1 file has been copied. You can then type Exit and press Enter to reboot your computer. Now that the C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe file has been restored, your computer should boot up properly FYI I provided a link to McAfee's Website. McAfee is paying back Customers of there antivirus product for the full price of the fix, let you customers know this, and save them money. http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/landingpages/np5959.asp?cid=77220 (http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/landingpages/np5959.asp?cid=77220) That's a good tip to know ;) Tech Talk This show I'm going to talk about Websites and Brick and moodier stores that all techs should use for buying there products for there biz or there customers Ebay (http://www.ebay.com/) Good for laptop parts Craigslist (http://www.craigslist.com/) Like eBay, Craigslist is a good place to searh your area for parts, of a laptop or missing/broken part on a tower. Deal extreme (http://www.dealextreme.com/) Good for things a tech my have on hand or in there shop. MonoPrice.com (http://www.monoprice.com/) always a good place to buy cables, but not only that monoprice also sells wall brackets for LCD screens Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F&tag=how2podcastco-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957) Everyone knows about amazon.com, what you might not know is they have newsletter that tells you about some great deals on products Harbor Freight - A great place to find cheap tools to work on computers with Any Dollar store - this is a great place to find tools that some techs may over look, I found an LED booklight that works great when your working inside a computer case. Micro Center (http://www.microcenter.com/) - This store is the ultimate place to find new parts at a great price. Frys Electronics (http://www.frys.com/) - Not my fav but it is a geek haven, if micro center doesn't have it Frys will Compusa AKA Tiger Direct - Over the years CU and TD used to be the place to goto for parts, Qetuo.me no 24:03 Mac Tip Podcast – #032 – Boot keys for your Mac’s system startup http://www.qetuo.me/tech/mac-tip-podcast/mac-tip-podcast-032-boot-keys-for-your-macs-system-startup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mac-tip-podcast-032-boot-keys-for-your-macs-system-startup http://www.qetuo.me/tech/mac-tip-podcast/mac-tip-podcast-032-boot-keys-for-your-macs-system-startup/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 03:01:24 +0000 Benjamin Straw http://www.qetuo.me/?p=399 http://www.qetuo.me/tech/mac-tip-podcast/mac-tip-podcast-032-boot-keys-for-your-macs-system-startup/feed/ 0 In this episode of Mac Tip Podcast; Boot keys for your Mac's system startup Subscribe to this Show - Download Episode: Click here - Show Notes: Unlike PC's, Mac's have a very different Kind of bios called a Extensible Firmware Interface or EFI for... (http://www.qetuo.me/images/art/mtp-600px.jpg) In this episode of Mac Tip Podcast; Boot keys for your Mac's system startup Subscribe to this Show(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-rss.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-itunes.png)(http://www.qetuo.me/images/feed-icons/icon-zune.png) Download Episode: Click here (http://media.techpodcasts.com/mactippodcast/www.qetuo.me/wp-content/uploads/mactip032.mp3) Show Notes: Unlike PC's, Mac's have a very different Kind of bios called a Extensible Firmware Interface or EFI for short. This is a set of interfaces that defines how software will interface with future firmware. Intel developed EFI as a part of the Intel Boot Initiative program that began in 1998. This program was designed to modernize firmware technology in today's computers in order to move past the limitations of a legacy BIOS. It offers features similar to the Open Firmware used on older PowerPC-based Macs. Beyond that, it is extensible and quite flexible. You might be asking your self why did I need to know all that stuff? The reason is that the computer needs to be told what to do whan you turn it on when it comes to booting to different peripherals Here’s a list of system startup hot keys to press while Mac OS X is booting, and their various effects: Pressing C when Booting, boots a CD or DVD like a Mac OS X disc Pressing T Boots in Target Disk mode, this allows you to boot off a external Hard Drive but only works with FireWire. Pressing N Boots from an attached network server or better known as a NetBoot server Pressing X Attempts to force Mac OS X to boot, if non-Mac OS X startup volumes are present. Pressing Shift Boots the mac into ‘Safe Mode’ which has limited functionality Pressing Option Displays all bootable volumes kinda like a Startup Manager which is good for multiple versions of OSX . Pressing Command+V Boots into Verbose mode, These may be used for troubleshooting or software development. Pressing Command+S Boots in Single user mode if you used the Command+V Its kinda strange how the mac hardware is different from the pc world, but thats why we choose the mac And that going to do it for this episode of Mac Tip Podcast I hope you enjoyed it.The music for this podcast, preformed by Professor Kliq and announced by Josh Philpott.If you have any comments, questions or tips? Please leave them on the Web site, send them to feedback@qetuo.me, or you can also call into the hot-line at (304) 449-4335.Have twitter? We do to @nebbenThis podcast is supported by listeners like you, and there are a ton of ways to support this show goto Qetuo.me/support to find out how you can support this podcast and others.And I bet you used iTunes to download this show, and who doesn't, you know iTunes allows you to write a review about this podcast, it would help the show greatly.So from Mac Tip Podcast I'm Ben Straw, Thank you and Stay Subscribed. Qetuo.me no 5:29