Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

Build your own PC

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Building your own PC is seen as a daunting task by all computer novices and even by some who are fairly proficient with computers and their inner workings. It shouldn’t be! Putting together your own machine not only means vast cost savings but also gives you an understanding of how the parts work together. Basics [...]

Tags: guide, hardware

Troubleshooting made easy

Monday, February 7th, 2011

I have blogged previously about my Tech Support Cheat Sheet that should end all novice computer users problems once and for all, but yet there are sometime problems that these users can’t solve by following this flowchart. Troubleshooting someone’s computer over the phone is not always an easy task since you can’t see what’s happening [...]

Tags: guide, support, tech, tips

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

Monday, September 6th, 2010

I was inspired by this XKCD comic to recreate the cheat sheet in HTML, with the functionality to translate it and edit the text. Dear various parents, grandparents, co-workers, and other “not computer people”. We don’t magically know how to do everything in every program. When we help you, we’re usually just doing this. You [...]

Tags: guide, support, tech, tips