Solution: Laptop powers on but nothing on screen

Here’s a quick fix for many makes and models of laptops that have problems turning on.  When you hit the power button, you may see lights for the power button, etc but nothing appears on the screen.  Not even an error message.  You can see the hard drive light blinking and maybe hear the hard drive …

Trend Micro SafeSync – Review and Giveaway

I’m doing a review and giveaway of Trend Micro SafeSync product.  It is similar to how DropBox works in concept, where you can share files between computers, using the cloud, regardless if they are in the same office, or on different sides of the planet. View the video below which shows how easy it is …

Cold boot versus Warm boot

After hearing enough times about how rebooting fixes a lot, what is the difference between cold booting and warm booting?  I’ll explain the answer here. The short answer is, cold boot means turn the computer off then on.  Warm boot means to reboot the computer without shutting all the way down.  The idea is that when you …

How to monitor your Google Ad-words

Advertising online is more powerful then ever before.  If your website is not #1 in the areas you want yet organically, that’s something you want to work on, but in the mean time, a quick and easy solution is Google Adwords and this blog shows you how to login and monitor it.  If you set …

Digeus Registry Cleaner – review

I have been asked to review Digeus registry cleaner.  What I did was first run a scan and clean with the popular CCleaner and removed a ton of stuff.  Then I ran a scan with Digeus Registry Cleaner and guess how many registry enties I found that were recommended to be removed?  2,232 entires!  Wow!  …

Introduction to Linux Ubuntu 11.10

If you are a Windows user and have been thinking about switching to a Mac for reasons of more stability, security and less viruses, you might want to check out this video below on Linux Ubuntu.  It’s a free alternative to Mac and Windows and best of all, it runs on Windows type hardware so …