iPhone 3GS is Now Dead. Black Screen.
July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS to replace my original first generation iPhone. You see. A buddy of mine invited me on a kayaking trip on on Saturday, July 03, 2009. After about 30 minutes of being on the water, my friend began to splash water on me. Consequently, my beloved first generation iPhone suffered [...]
VMware Fusion 2 Beta Fails to Start
May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments
I have been using VMware Fusion 1.x for quite some time now but recently I decided to upgrade to version 2 Beta. I downloaded VMware-Fusion-2.0.0-89933.dmg and installed it over VMware Fusion 1.1.2. After successfully installing the software I was able to use it without indications of potential problems to come. However, today when I attempted [...]
Compaq System Recovery and Code Purple
December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Approximately 3 years ago, I purchased a Compaq Presario desktop computer. The system originally came with a 120.0 GB hard drive partitioned into two volumes. The primary partition had been formatted as NTFS and the second much smaller partition as FAT32. Windows XP Home Edition resided on the first larger partition and the Compaq System [...]
Switching Between Mac OS X and Windows Vista: Incorrect Display of System Date and Time
November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
If you have recently starting using both Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x) and Windows Vista via bootcamp on your Intel-based Mac, then you may have noticed the incorrect display of the system date and time when switching between operating systems. After switching between OSes, if you don’t maintain an active internet connection, then you may [...]
Microsoft Word Does Not Display More than One Page of Text
October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Details: A user needs to type more than one page of text in Microsoft Word. However, text on the bottom portion of the paper appears to disappear as soon as it is typed. That is, text does not flow from first page onto subsequent pages. If you look at the bottom portion of the document, the status bar [...]
Capture Device Offline in Adobe Premiere Elements
October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Details: Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 has been previously installed on a computer running Windows XP Professional, but it has not been updated since 09/11/2006. If you launch the program, then you may receive the following message when attempting to capture video from an external device: “Capture Device Offline.” Problem: A Digital Videocassette Recorder (Sony DVCAM [...]
Limited Users Unable to Login in Windows Vista
June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
While using Windows Vista about two months ago I received a strange error. Afterwards, I could not login with my limited user account. Strangely, I was still able to login with different administrator accounts. I restarted the computer a few times, but each time the OS refused to follow through with the login process. I [...]
An iMac and a Black Screen
May 29, 2007 | 7 Comments
I recently purchased a 20″ Intel-based iMac from Apple. I did not purchase it for myself, but for my niece. I happen to live in the same household, so I perform all security related updates on the system. I’m basically her in-house System Administrator. However, lately she has begun to complain about being unable to [...]
MacBook Pro and Latest Battery Related Problem
April 27, 2007 | 2 Comments
A few days ago, a close friend of mine informed me about a possible problem with her MacBook Pro battery. She stated that it wasn’t functioning as expected. The symptoms that she described were “Although the operating system indicates a fully charged battery if I unplug the AC adapter from power, the computer will abruptly [...]
Someone recently requested assistance after they encountered a problem with using Microsoft Access 2003 to edit and print reports from previously created databases. After listening to a brief description of the problem, it was evident that the cause of their problem was a combination of using Microsoft Access 2003 and having an HP LaserJet printer [...]