What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
I received three calls this week all telling me the same story. The story goes something like this. "There is something really wrong with my computer. It keeps telling me that I have a virus and need to click a button to install some new anti-virus software. Internet Explorer won't work any more and every time I try to open a program a message pops up telling me that the file is infected and to please activate my anti-virus software." This is bad. Very bad. I wish I could tell you the origin of the virus (which is what these… Continue reading...
I have discovered the answer to an age-old question, where do computers go when they die? The answer is they go to Geek in Pink for recycling. My wife and I purchased a new computer for our kids for Christmas to replace an aging Compaq iPaq computer running Windows 2000. Well, more like dead than aging. It was stuck on the imfamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and wouldn't even boot up any more. The new computer is wonderful. It is fast, has lots of memory and zips through everything using Windows 7. But back to the old computer for… Continue reading...
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Over the weekend I upgraded my laptop from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium. It was the only laptop I owned that had any flavor of Vista on it--mainly because it would be rather embarrassing to tell a client who has hired me to help learn Windows Vista that I have never used it before. So now I am 100% Vista free. Why did I upgrade? Some of you may remember that I didn't make too big of a deal of Windows 7 the first time I saw it back in November. But that was more of… Continue reading...
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Most people budget a new computer purchase by factoring in how much the computer and monitor will cost. Or if they are lucky and can re-use their existing monitor, just the cost of the computer itself. If only it were always that simple. Take for instance the new computer I recently purchased. Because I went from a 32-bit version of Windows XP to a 64-bit version of Windows 7, I incurred a few "hidden" expenses. Don't worry if you don't know what that means. Just know that I went to a new computer that isn't guaranteed to be compatible with… Continue reading...
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One of the perks I get out of running Noobie is the satisfaction of knowing I really helped someone. Sometimes it's helping someone pick out the right technical gadget. Other times it's making sure someone doesn't get the wrong gadget. And then there's the times when I'm just answering a general plea for help. I've received a lot verbal "thank-you's" and "you saved my life's" as a result of helping others but I'm not sure anyone has taken the time to actually blog about it. Until now, of course. A good friend of mine's wife was recently debating between purchasing… Continue reading...
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