http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog Daily blog about computers we fix. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:26:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most techs with a few years of experience under their belt have probably come across the Windows XP corrupted registry hive problem at some point in their career. When it happens, Windows wont start and will present one of these messages: Windows XP could not start because the following file is ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/uncategorized/how-to-fix-the-windows-registry-hive-error/ Just wanted to let everyone know that we mainly do online remote computer repair and have moved away from doing onsite repair.Related BlogsRelated Blogs on computersApple computers getting touchy-feely?Apple – A Step Ahead!Comment on blaupunkt travel pilot 700 by Blaupunkt TravelPilot 700 ...Users need to protect computers against security threats ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/windows/remote-computer-repair/ Anti-Malware toolkit is a free, portable application designed to bulk download the most recent versions of the tools we use for malware removal and put them in a designated directory (such as your USB thumb drive). Just tick the boxes of the software you want and press Download. It has options ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/uncategorized/anti-malware-toolkit/ I have nothing but hate for the MPAA. Sueing people and making up figures that grossly inflate their losses from piracy is making MPAA one of the most hated groups out there. I however do not condone piracy. When people watch a good movie then they love to talk about ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/uncategorized/a-simpler-way-to-end-movie-piracy/ "For the upcoming release of Firefox, Mozilla is preparing Download Day 2008: a campaign to set a world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Participants are asked to pledge to download Firefox 3 on the day that it's launched. The exact date hasn't been scheduled yet, but ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/uncategorized/firefox-goes-for-world-download-record/ Computer Life SupportThe one thing I can't figure out in this business. Why do people take the time out of their busy day to leave us messages and submit computer problems, but when we return their call. People don't answer. We leave a voicemail and never hear ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/windows/voicemails/ Computer Life Support has decided to give away 2 gb of free online backup to all of our new customers.  We feel that data backup is one of the most important things to have on your computer.  Most people don't realize that everything on their computer could be lost in ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/hard-drive-recovery/free-online-backup/ Jesper Johansson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft, is maintaining an ongoing log and support site for users affected by any of several problems triggered by XP3. Machines using AMD hardware, particularly HP desktops, seem to have several modes of failure; others affect Intel machines. More infomation is ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/windows/xp-sp3-crashes-some-amd-machines/ We have a couple new techs trained.  I just want to let everyone know that if someone answers the phone that sounds a little nervous and doesn't have all the answers right away then they are most likely new to us.  The same goes for our new onsite techs.  Don't ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/uncategorized/new-techs/ Some users have experienced an audio driver problem after installing Service Pack #1 on their Windows Vista computers. A Dell Digital Life Liason said, “Should you see this update appear, *do not* install it.” Many users from the Dell customer forum who installed it says that they see a “Code 10? error ... http://www.computerlifesupport.com/repair-blog/vista/vista-problems/