Eastern Car Care in East Los Angeles had a problem: Their gas station management software just stopped opening. Mysteriously they received a message that a file named NmMulti.inf was missing the same day. It didnt take long to figure out that their parallel port was to blame and sure enough the dreaded (sometimes) yellow exclamation…
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Straight outta West Los Angeles…from the trenches of the Malware Battleground!
I didnt have to fight one virus or spyware today! This is highly unusual. I think it is because I only worked on 6 computers today at 3 different clients. The first client has no qualms about admitting to downloading porn. In fact, PC Fixer showed him how to download it "safely". We set him…
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Fix the motherboard heatsink with superglue
I opened the dead computer case today to find a motherboard heatsink clip had pulled loose from the motherboard. I pushed the clips back in very deep and applied some very thin liquid superglue and let it dry for 10 minutes. I then swabbed up the reminder of the glue to prevent any shorts since…
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Photoshop CS3 Software Issue Fixed
Today I visited SignZone in Los Angeles. They have so many different machines...expensive printing machines. Roland Plotter Cutter Model # CX-500 is a 48 inch machine! SolJet Pro III XC-540 is a monster printer. He even has a Royal Sovereign 54 inch color laminator. Not to mention he has a CNC machine that cost 50,000 dollars. To…
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OkiData 320 Turbo Printer was a pain
I made a visit to ProTech today on my day off. What a waste of 2 hours. I was defeated by a dot matrix printer and a Unix coded program called "ProIV". This old billing program interfaces with the printer completely differently than I have ever seen in the past. What a pain. It seemed…
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Another day, another malware infection defeated
As this is my second blog, I have to wonder what my angle is. I realize that there are millions of blogs so why would anybody read mine? It isnt like it has the mass appeal of www.whatwhitepeoplelike.com but I am hoping that it may find it's way into the hearts of the common computer…
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What a day…PC Fixer fighting viruses in Los Angeles again
Hello all, this is Captain Robert of the SS PC Fixer. Another day, another virus extinguished. I cant help but feel that this will not be the last time. There was trouble getting out the door and rescheduling for a client who I dont think remembered his appointment today. Eventually I ended up at Mulholland…
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