Monthly archives: June, 2010

How does Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” work?

What is this I’m feeling lucky button on Google’s website? How does it work? And what’s up with this Google is God crap? I’ll explain, it’s very simple. If you do a regular Google search for something, for example, “computer repair markham”, without the quotes, you’ll see a list of all kinds of computer repair …

Scam – Email from Canada Revenue Agency Tax Refund

If you get an email like below that appears to be from the Canada Revenue Agency, claiming you have a refund and to click the link to access the form, don’t do it. The link points to http://refund.canadarevenueagency.co.cc/esrvc-srvce/getStatus_en.htm and is not safe to click on. If you look closely (where I’ve bolded) the actual domain …

Adobe Premiere 30 second audio cut issue – resolved

I had a computer with a problem that aparently no one knows the answer to an eventually we found a solution. If importing .vob files into Adobe Premiere the video plays no problem but the audio cuts out after 30 seconds. Converting the file to an .avi file works, but there another solution without having …

Hard drives in copiers and scanners?

Identity theft alert! Photo copiers, printers, scanners have hard drives in them just like a computer. Every document you print, scan, or fax, could be stored on a hard drive inside your copier. When you decide to get rid of it, there could be a hard drive in there with all your information for someone …

How to clean up your hard drive

A simple solution to some major problems I’ve fixed in the past is by simply clearing up your hard drive a bit. I was emailed a question how how to clean up the hard drive and here’s my tip for you. 1. Run Add/Remove programs and uninstall any program you no longer need or use. …

PCL vs. Host based printer

What’s the difference between a host based printer and a PCL printer? PCL is an acroynm for Printer Command Language. You can see a lot of detail on PCL history going back as far as 1984 on Wikipedia website. These printers have their own processor and can printer faster among other things. Host based printers …