Showing posts with label computer repair lakeland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer repair lakeland. Show all posts

Thursday, November 3, 2011

SOLVED!!! Virus set all my files to hidden

ENTIRE DRIVE

1. Go to Start, Run, type cmd

2. Dos command prompt will open, type cd\

3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in my case its C: this will open the C: drive

4. If you want to see all hidden files and folders  ~  type C:\>dir/ah

5. Now type attrib *. -h -s /s /d

6. Now close cmd using exit command


FOLDER BY FOLDER

1. Go to Start, Run, type cmd

2. Dos command prompt will open type cd\

3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in my case its C: this will open the C: drive

4. If you want to see all hidden files and folders  ~  type C:\>dir/ah (*you will now see the files/folders with hidden attributes )

5. Type “attrib [name of file/folder] -r -a -s -h” if you’re going to unhide files, you should type the whole name plus the extension (example: attrib banner.psd -r -a -s -h)

6. Now check you  drive.. it should be there

Now stay away from those free things and sites.  It is not really free when you have to fix your PC or your data or identity is stolen.

FREE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE WORD IN THE DICTIONARY.



Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

How to make sure you have the latest drivers

What could happen if you don't check AND update your drivers? Your machine could face the following consequences:

Devices become less functional or stop functioning
Conflicts with new software and/or hardware
PC crashes in extreme cases
Reduced system stability


Try drive scanner

I have not yet tested this but will update this when I have given it a whirl.  As always, use at your own risk and read my opening header.


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Connect e-mail from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook

Outlook Hotmail Connector provides a free solution for managing your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail, calendar, and contacts from within Outlook 2003, and 2010 free of charge.
Download Free Tool Here


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

Favorites is missing in Outlook 2010 navigation pane

Favorites folder is missing in Outlook? Try this:


Start -> Run; "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\outlook.exe" /resetnavpane


What it does:


/resetnavpane


Clears and regenerates the Navigation Pane for the current profile. Removes all Shortcuts and Favorite Folders. Has the same effect as deleting profilename.xml in your user directory.


http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/commandlines.htm



Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Can't send emails out in Verizon

If you can receive emails but not send then check your smtp port settings.

Verizon has blocked port 25 and is now using 587.


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Mac with Paralles Vista Printer Access Denied

I recently had a client's MAC with Parallels running Vista crash, bad hard drive. I did not originally set this up but have learn what a nightmare this can be.

The Mac tech replaced the drive and restored from the Time Machine, which is a back program. What sucks is if you get a backup with a corrupt VM then you have to recreate and do again till you get a good one. You can't just pull data from the Parallels VM as it is encapsulated. So I set out to do a repair on anything that was not working. Found issue with:
Printer Name "ACCESS DENIED". Found that the Mac shares had to be taken out and re shared. Now we can see the machine and shares but still no access, removed the printers, ran Bonjour it was corrupt, reinstalled that and ran, wallah, printing again.

Get into Quickbooks and find another problem. When you press the print icon it does nothing. Had to do a search for the QBPRINT.QBP, rename to QBPRINT.OLD and start Quickbooks again. Wallah, printing from Quickbooks again.

MAC is a great product and I like Windows, but it just doesn't pay to go both ways, :-p

Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Fujitsu Hard Drive Warranty

Fujitsu's hard drive warranties have been taken over by Toshiba, as of Oct 1st, 2009. So if you need to check your warranty status on Fujitsu then you will have to visit the Toshiba website.


Fujitsu hard drive warranty for the US:
Check your Fujitsu warranty


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

pdf preview handler for Vista & Windows 7

When you try to preview a PDF file in Outlook 2007 it says:

This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer:

PDF Preview Handler for Vista

To open this file in its own program, double-click it.


You can open and save but not preview.

For those that would like to preview first I have found a great piece of software called foxit. Download and install and you will be previewing your PDF attachments again.

See Life Hacker for more details.
http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/05/09/foxit-pdf-preview-handler.aspx


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
863-521-1079
      

Monday, February 15, 2010

Windows Genuine

Having trouble with windows update or something that needs to run the Windows Genuine software?


Try this:
Windows Genuine


Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sony Vaio Recovery Disks

Sony Recovery CDs

The media used to create your own Recovery Media Kit may be corrupted or unusable, due to media quality or incompatibility. To obtain another Recovery Media Kit, you can order from the Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center Web site.

  1. Go to http://servicesales.sel.sony.com.
  2. Enter your computer's model number (for example, PCV-XXXX), and click Search. You will be given a list to choice from. Select your model.
  3. Follow the online instructions to order the Recovery Media Kit.
If you are not able to access the Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center Web site, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-488-7669.

Need Computer Repair?

Computer Repair Lakeland, FL
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