Category Archives: Hardware

Update or Replace a Computer

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Dick Buchanan

Decision Time – Fix, Update, or Replace Your Computer Your computer is starting to age and you are wondering what to do about it.  Basically, there are three possibilities: Update the computer hardware and software Upgrade the Operating System to … Continue reading →

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The Home Network

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Dick Buchanan

Networking at Home Perhaps you have a single computer at home and want to connect a second or possibly a third.  You want to print from all of them but moving the printer from PC to PC just won’t cut … Continue reading →

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Netbook Computers

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Dick Buchanan

Netbooks – The Ins and Outs As I mentioned in the last article, I use a netbook computer when I visit a customer site to solve problems.  I can connect it to their network to see what is working and … Continue reading →

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In the Bag

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dick Buchanan

What’s in My Bag? As an avid golfer, it is always interesting to know which clubs the professionals are using. I thought extending that concept to computing might be useful to readers.  In this article I’ll tell what hardware and … Continue reading →

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Can’t Connect to the Internet

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Dick Buchanan

“Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” Now What? Everything was fine yesterday but today seems to be a different story. No matter which web site you try to get to, you get the same error message. You also can’t send … Continue reading →

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