Subscriber William wrote me to ask about updating his computers’ drivers. Tech Tip What are drivers? They’re software that allows Windows to talk to your computer’s hardware – like the video card, the printer, the USB ports, the Ethernet port… Hi Terry. Thanks for the newsletter. Please tell me the best way to update drivers. [...]
Power Problems With A Notebook
Subscriber Ken Gibson wrote recently asking for my thoughts to help him diagnose power problems with his laptop: I have a question. I have an hp laptop about 5 years old. The labtop will not power up. Occasionally it will come on and work well, but then when you try to shut it down it [...]
Amazon’s New Kindle Fire – an eBook Reader and a Lot More
I ordered my new Kindle Fire during the first week after they announced it, as soon as I realized it might be on the Amazon site. Priced at only US$ 199, it has undercut the pricing on the tablet comput Even though I’ve got the Amazon Prime service which would have given me free 2-day [...]
Unable to Write to Flash Drive
Jerome Safer wrote recently about a problem with his USB flash drive: Terry, I have a 4GB USB flash drive I am trying to use in my USB 2.0 port on the front of my Compaq Presario computer. When I try to save something to it I get a message "I don’t have authorization for [...]
Computer Fans Rev Up Periodically
Subscriber Don Newsham wrote recently with an interesting question… Terry, thanks again for the tips you gave me a few months ago. Recently ,while on the computer it will "rev up" for a couple of seconds and then be quiet. It will stay quite for 5,10 , minutes and then rev up again. Is this [...]
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