Recent content by leakatstarr

I'm not in your area, but from what I've seen in the tech field in different areas is that it's all about how you sell yourself. Don't lie, but don't be afraid to sell yourself up. Find out what potential employers are looking for in resumes, and tailor your experience to mirror that. Utilize...

You're welcome to feel that way, I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise. In fact, I agree with you. But that doesn't change the fact that by refusing to give ideas, what you're achieving is opposite to the entire idea of tech forums. My goal was to (and always will be) to help the...

Support for XP may have ended, but I know plenty of people that still swear by it. Seems silly to refuse to give ideas just because someone wants to use something that there is not official support for. This might be what you're looking for: Comodo...

If you're running the lines along the edge of the walls, and you have to place a router at one end of the home, especially if you have multiple floors, yes, you may have rooms that you can't reach with one section of ethernet. I don't assume I know what someone wants to do, or what someone's...

Did you get enough information to know what you're going to do? I see a few people asked questions that weren't answered. I'd be interested to know how big the home will be and if you will be able to centrally locate your router. Also, will you have to run the wires on along the floor, or will...

Yes, you can use another router, but you'd set it up to work as a repeater. So if you need to go out and buy something new, just buy the repeater. If you already have an extra wireless router, then you can set it up to extend the range of your network. But more than likely, you're not getting...

It could also be problems with the hard drive (physical or logical failures). If you haven't been doing regular cleanups on it, I imagine you have some work ahead of you. Uninstall any programs you don't use. Check to see if you need to defrag (I recommend Auslogics). Ensure that your drive...

On a laptop, the lights, and the color of the lights, are usually indicators of battery and power. It would depend on the brand and model, but if it is anything like mine, it sounds like the battery has no charge and the power adapter isn't working. If she threw it, she likely jarred it pretty...

A lot of laptop problems come from overheating, but if it's happening when you are moving it (not after you set it down), it's likely either a short/bad connection or problems with the hard drive. Have you seen any data loss?

You're going to get diehards on both sides of the fence. Coming from a Windows users that has had a decent amount of experience with both, I'd say they are both going to be right. As someone else said, it's ultimately up to you. You may find it's the greatest thing ever. Or you may find you hate...

I hate introductions. I hate saying "My name is ______ and my background is _________." Partly because I'm a wallflower until I'm comfortable, and partly because I really don't think anyone cares. But one has to start somewhere, no? So I'll start with 'hi'.