Transferring an iPhone video to my YouTube channel

by | Dec 17, 2016

Many networkers have told me that video is the best way to reach people on social media and so I started posting videos around 2009 for my Fort Wayne computer repair business. For some reason I stopped doing computer ones. but I still do personal ones. My wife took a...

My one problem with Linux Mint

by | Dec 13, 2016

I know I’ve been raving about the operating system called Linux which comes in many flavors(called distributions). It can do almost everything that Microsoft Windows can do, but one area I have had a problem with is watching some videos in web browsers. When I...

Why does my computer lose the internet connection?

by | Dec 12, 2016

A business client of mine texted me last week about losing the internet connection on their Windows computer. It occurs intermittently – sometimes at startup and sometimes after it sits idle, but other times it’s good all day.  Luckily, I have a remote...

I can’t print my Quickbooks report from my laptop

by | Dec 9, 2016

This week a Fort Wayne computer repair client was having a problem printing out an accounting report in Quickbooks on their Windows 7 laptop computer. After arriving, I started my interview with my client to see if the computer ever printed to the printer. It never...

The kitchen laptop and upgrading Linux Mint 17.2 to 17.3

by | Nov 30, 2016

On my kitchen laptop I have Linux Mint installed as the operating system. Yes, I have a laptop just for the kitchen. This laptop is used mostly for watching internet television, checking my email and other tasks wile I’m cooking and eating. It’s an old,...

How can I print from my iPad in Pinterist?

by | Nov 28, 2016

I had an interesting request from a business client last month while I was on a wireless printer service call. My client uses Pinterest for many things and they wanted to print a pin they had found. They use their Apple iPad a lot and didn’t know how to print...

Linux Mint 18.x is available and my favorite

by | Nov 27, 2016

Linux Mint 18 has been available since earlier this year and I have it installed on one of my laptops.  As some of you know, Linux is my operating system of choice for my computers for many reasons.  One of them is that it can be installed on older, retired Microsoft...

I don’t know where I got your business card

by | Nov 26, 2016

Most of the time I know where my Fort Wayne Computer repair clients come from. Usually, a networking group is involved in some way: a networker needs my services or a networker refers someone to me. Other times someone searches for computer repair on the internet and...

Who’s connected to my computer and network?

by | Nov 23, 2016

One of my business computer repair clients had an interesting security question for me last week. They were looking at their Microsoft Windows laptop’s taskbar which is at the bottom of the desktop. Near the right side is a wireless icon and they had opened it. ...

The Inspire Networking Group

by | Nov 22, 2016

Windy Cobb, a pioneer in starting and running open networking groups for many years, has a business networking group that has become my favorite. It’s called Inspire Networking and meets Thursdays at 9AM at Angels Cafe in Georgetown Square in Fort Wayne. Windy...

I can’t print any more

by | Nov 20, 2016

I was on a Fort Wayne Computer repair service call this month where my client couldn’t print from their Windows 7 computer to a wireless HP inkjet printer. To remedy their dilemma, they turned off the printer briefly and back on, but nothing printed. I checked...

Trying to get an Apple iBook on the WiFi network

by | Nov 13, 2016

My old Apple iBook laptop was having a problem on Wi-Fi networks last spring. It just wouldn’t connect to any of them. When I first got the laptop, it worked fine connecting to Wi-Fi networks. I didn’t know what had happened- was it hardware or the...

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