Static electricity is known to cause system corruption and premature hardware failure, not to mention that ALL computer suppliers will VOID all warranties from static failure. Part of this issue is due to the carpet and chairs. Most carpet is manufactured using polyester, which has a natural static tendency. Treatment is most effective by misting your carpet or chair with Staticide spray ($15 per quart). It is 1000 times more potent that Downey, at removing static. Downey starts to leave a gummy residue after regular use and therefore is undesirable. When replacing carpet, use a nylon based carpet such...
Hardware
15 causes of Hard Disk Corruption
Everybody hates to lose data. Many of the issues proven to cause hard disk corruption can be avoided, if you know what they are. I have writen articles on almost every aspect of this list. Most are avoidable, some are not and we are just taking chances, such as Solar flare activity. We are in a hightened Solar storm now for the next 1.8 years. About the only thing we can do is to reboot our computers daily. So here they are, in no particular order: 1)Bugs in O.S. (Vista is the worst, but can be fixed) 2)Solar Flares...
HP’s expiring ink cartridges EXPOSED
What is ink expiration and will it make my HP inkjet printer stop working? Why does it exist? There is a computer chip that is built into HP ink supplies that can make them stop working on a certain date. There are also computer chips built into all of HP’s laser toner catridges. According to HP, “Basically ink expiration is a built-in date on which certain HP ink cartridges will stop working. Air ingestion and water evaporation can cause ink to change over time. In printing systems where the printhead and ink supply are separate, older ink can adversely...
Hard Disk Warranty Changes effective NOW (January 1, 2012)
Please note that effective Jan 2. 2012, Western Digital will have warranty change too. Basically, warranty on Desktop & Mobile (Blue and Green family lines) will be changed from 3 years to 2 years. As to other lines such as Black family line, WD AV, WD RE and WD branded/Retail products warranty terms and return structure remain unchanged. Please note that effective Dec 31st 2011, Seagate will be changing their warranty again. In the nutshell, Desktop & Mobile will be changed from 2 years to 1 year; Enterprise from 5 years to 3 years. This will occur even though...
Open Cloud Security / Zenton System Guard Removal
We were successful @ removing these infections “Open Cloud Security” & ”Zenton System Guard Removal” I always check with Bleeping Computer, as these guys are the best at R&D. There post was from early September. The Malware authors also checkin with Bleeping Computer to modify their code to thwart infection removal. My (J.R. Guthrie @ Advantage Micro Corporation) “scrape” process did not work. Bleeping Computers removal process did not work. Previous “hard core” dis-infection has dictated this process (last resort before “format C:”) I pulled the hard drive, and connected it to a highly protected system running avast! Pro antivirus, and...
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