Archive for Tech Tips

Get Internet Explorer 7 now!

Prior to this release, I have been trying to get Internet Explorer 7 for this computer. Perhaps because of the pirated operating system and since it was then required to have the Microsoft Genuine Advantage, I wasn’t able to install IE. MORE »

Switching to Vista

Since I am a tech support agent in an outsourced company for a major computer manufacturer, I want to see for myself how the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor looks like. It is a software that you install in your computer to test if the unit is capable of running Vista, and in what version could it run with. MORE »

It’s all about the dust

After more than five attempts to open up the casing of our computer, I became successful only this morning, when it would no longer boot up. There was a lot of dust in the two fans, video card and the modem card. I also reset the two memory cards. So far, so good. Just this afternoon, I was able to boot up the computer without a hitch, when normally, it would take about three or four resets before I could finally use it. I just let the casing without its cover. I will return it tomorrow, on my day off. MORE »