Computer Disposal

When you find you want to get rid of a computer, you have to realize that it isn't as simple as sending it to the recycling plant. Especially today with risk of identity theft, it is important to take extra precautions. Sure, I could erase my disk and make it unrecoverable. But, I'd still worry. If you plan on selling or disposing of your computer follow these steps:
1. Open the side panel of the computer. This may or may not be difficult depending on your computer.
2. Locate your hard drive. This is not complicated. It may seem that way, but it isn't. View the picture above.
3. Basically, "bust up" your hard drive. Don't smash it into the dust, but enough so that it can't be used.
If you have any questions e-mail me at: gadget.it3@gmail.com


Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-04-07 15:45:45 GMT
Edited via Blogger on 2009-08-26

Web Design

You might have wanted to make a webpage at one time, but thought that it was expensive to create a webpage. Surprisingly, it's not. Some web design services are totally free! There are several websites which allow you to create a webpage. Three I recommend are: Yahoo! GeoCities, Lycos Tripod, and Office Live (Note: Office Live Basics includes a $5 set-up fee). And perhaps you wanted a blog to go with your site. Several free blogging tools are: Blogger and Windows Live Spaces. Live Spaces starts up a personal "space" for you. And for Blogger, all you need is a Google account. As you can see, web design is inexpensive.



Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-03-27 22:51:57 GMT
Edited via Blogger on 2009-08-26

Tech is very unstable (cont.)

I mentioned a few days ago that my friend's computer wouldn't start up. I have great news. After calling HP back, he was able to successfully start his computer. It isn't perfect yet. I don't know how it happened, but there is spyware in the computer. I'm pretty sure that wasn't there when he first bought it! There are various messages that come up. The window says that it is "Messenger Service" and that there is a critical error in the system's registry and to go to a website to fix it. I tried going to one of the webpages it was telling me to go to and what came up was something like Funky Munky Search Engine or something (no joke!). I ran a spyware scan, but that didn't fix the problem. I had put McAfee provided by Comcast on his computer. He forgot his password and we are now waiting for it to come in his e-mail. There are a million Windows Updates and Service Pack 2 didn't show up! The first time we tried updating it it only came up with about 4 things which we downloaded. Then, we tried again and there were 64 updates. I'm sure that there will be even more after the second update I haven't been able to check. Soon, his computer will be PERFECT.

Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-03-21 23:26:53 GMT
Edited via Blogger on 2009-08-26

Tech is very unstable!

The title says it all! Technology is unstable. I found that out the hard way on a friend's computer. I tried to boot it up so I could check my e-mail. Well, it wouldn't start! It would try to start up like it would normally. Then it showed the recovery console screen. The first line of the error message was: " We appologize for the incovienience, but Windows did not start succesfully." It had options for how to boot up the computer: Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Last Known Good Configuration, and Start Windows Normally. So we called Hp paid the money to have them fix it over the phone. We waited for an hour and 15 minutes for a technician to get on the phone. First, he told us to boot in safe mode and try to use the System Restore utility. That didn't work so he said we had to restore the computer to factory state!!! Both my friend and I hesitated upon this. The case is good for 2 weeks, so my friend is going to call back HP Tech Support and have them walk through restoring the computer to factory state. I will get back to you on this story.


Originally Posted via Yahoo! Geocities on 2007-03-17 13:46:28 GMT

History of Windows Link

This is not important to know, but it is very interesting. If you look through the screenshots, you'll see Microsoft has come along well. I mean they started out with Windows 1.0, which doesn't look that great. Then there is Windows Vista. And my reaction to the changes was "WHOA!". Here is the link: http://www.fixmyxp.com/content/view/177/129/






Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-03-12 21:46:59 GMT

Geeky but Interesting

I have 1 computer that wasn't manufactured by HP, Toshiba, Gateway, or any of the computer manufacturing companies! It was homemade. Though very expensive, it can be interesting. I'm not trying to say, get a bunch of wires, a hard drive, memory chips, a motherboard, and some operating system, what I'm trying to say while building a computer is extremely geeky, it is a good experience. Because, I'm sure you've wondered how your computer worked. I don't know how easy it would be to put together a laptop, because they don't sell the case or exterior. I know for sure however,that you can build the tower for a computer. It is, as I said before expensive to do. And one of the first things that came to my mind was: when you're finished how do you boot it up, there isn't an operating system on it? Well, you have to use a boot disk. Most hard drives come with a boot disk for the computer. Or you can use another CD/Floppy. For example: I have several generic boot disks. You should use a CD that contains an operating system (i.e. Windows, Linux) If you don't want to pay to get a copy of Windows, you can download Linux legally for free (excluding Red Hat). I recommend Ubuntu. It's very user-friendly. Check out my video on how to get it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGv11i4wFA

Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-03-11 23:21:09 GMT
Edited via Blogger on 2009-08-27

Buying a New Computer

I just got a new computer recently. I had been looking in sales papers for months, just to find the right computer! You might be thinking, this guy is crazy, why didn't he just ask for the best computer at the store? Well, the truth is, it isn't that easy to buy a computer. First, you want to find a computer that is in a decent price range. Then, you want to find a decent computer. Here are some specs: 1 MB of Ram (Memory). Hard drive space depends on what you do. If you just use your computer use the internet and download digital photos than 60 GB, even 40 GB is ok. But if you're a serious gamer who constantly downloads games than, you should get 100 GB. Then you want to think about the operating system which best fits what you want to do with your computer. Read information about operating systems. Next, the proccessor, the only one you shouldn't get is Intel Celeron. AMD 64 and Intel Dual core are in my opinion the better processors. If you would like to know more on the topic of buying a computer e-mail me at gadget_it3@yahoo.com.

Originally Posted via Yahoo! GeoCities on 2007-03-07 16:12:44 GMT