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Archive for 2007/07


Serial ATA Drives and PC Problems

Reader Ian Holland wrote after reading one of my Special Edition Newsletters, which sometimes go to email subscribers:

Hi Terry,Just read your VERY absorbing newsletter, I have a ( moronic??) question about those SATA hard drives.
I recently ( 2006) built 5 pcs for the office ALL with SATA drives, and they are all the same [...]

Vista or XP?

Back in February, I wrote in my email computert tips newsletter to subscribers only:
A subscriber wrote me this week to ask: “I am in need of a new computer for my business but unsure about Vista. What do you recommend?”There is an old saying that “these are the times that try men’s souls.” That’s [...]

Software Registration and Activation

Subscriber Bill DePierri wrote recently to ask about the new Windows Live ID. He ran into it after installing Microsoft Office 2003 recently.
Terry:
I enjoy your newsletter! Keep it coming.
When I read your newsletter this afternoon, I thought of a topic that I would like to read about. Yesterday, I installed a copy of MS Office [...]

Printing Problems with the Print Spooler Service

Subscriber Jerry Munn wrote recently to ask about a problem where he couldn’t print from his Windows XP computer.
Also, can you tell me where to go to restar my printer spooler. We had several power failures this weekend and I no longer have any printer info on one of my computers. When I try to [...]