Sometimes we need to call technical support

Sometimes we need to call technical support

A phone call was received last week from one of my business clients who was having a software problem.  Their main business program was displaying a Java message when it was supposed to display a completed message. It was used to edit and send a bundle of photos to...

Getting a new computer

A business client of mine recently bought themselves a new computer. Their old computer was having problems and they wanted a reliable and fast one. They failed to take an important precaution before they moved the hard drive to the new computer: they didn’t...

Can you install Quickbooks for me?

Last week I was at a client’s working on their new Windows 10 desktop computer. They will be operating their businesses on this computer and probably the most important program which needed installed was their accounting program. We put the Quickbooks CD disc in...

Connecting Windows 10 to a Linux Server

I was on my Microsoft Windows 10 desktop computer last night and wanted to telnet into a Linux server. I started a terminal window also known as a command prompt windows. I typed telnet servername and got an error. The telnet service isn’t installed. When I...

Wireless networking in Linux is easier now

Wireless networking in Linux used to be a challenge to configure. I remember back around 2002 when I started getting back into Unix and Linux and how hard it was to get a laptop to work with a wireless network adapter. It would take me hours sometimes and would entail...

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