Category: Tech

many times over the past years and dealing with windows 10 machines, whether it’s a fresh installation or upgrade, there are chances that the windows can’t be activated. the bothersome part is that you will end up seeking assistance from microsoft support somehow. sometimes, even when you activate it on your own successfully, the windows 10 machine will get deactivated again after a few days, […]

today, i did a swap of windows 10 ssd from hp envy to hp pavilion. no stress, no hassle, it works just fine. previously, i spent a night trying to transfer system from old hard disk to new system using various system transfer softwares, it just wouldn’t work, and that’s for windows 7 by the way. i guessed that windows 10 has new capability to […]

pentalobe screws to keep you out as it is not common and also to prevent slipping and stripping, too easily. not anymore! get the specific pentalobe screwdriver at ebay for less than $5/-. this is not an advertisement as i just ordered mine. apparently, i was trying to prick open one last pentalobe screw standing on a seagate drive.   read more here: https://www.ifixit.com/blog/2011/01/20/apples-diabolical-plan-to-screw-your-iphone/   […]

you may be wondering how do anti-virus or anti-malware software detect malicious code? they deploy a technique call heuristic analysis so that even before updating their signature database, they will know that a malicious code or program is present. this heuristics worked based on the similarity on what viruses and malwares normally do to your computer. more information can be sought after in the link […]

in my scope of work, a lot of backing up needed. i have dabbled with few copy tools, the main one that i used ultracopier but i found that there is a better one out there recently. some of these copy tools are better than imaging tool or backup software as i realise that there are some files missing after backup, eg. the big brands […]

the article has a say on hdds vs ssds, both too fail over time. it’s more costly to recover data for the latter though. https://www.prosofteng.com/blog/how-long-do-hard-drives-last/

i was trying to restore an iphone 6 for a client from her local backup,an error was encountered during the process with no error code. it was later deduced that her iphone backup failed due to string of reasons like buggy apps and too long filenames, literally it means the backup file is corrupted. and so it is like saying your iphone backup is useless… […]

i have mentioned this before and recently, i found a way that can control spams in your inbox. you can disregard about times when spam emails still arrived in your inbox even you marked as spam or junk.   do this: 3. Create Rules for sorting, moving and more   refer to the link below for detailed instructions: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2886662/software/5-ways-to-manage-emails-and-control-spam-in-outlook.html

you are better off with a hybrid drive. ssds like all other hard disks do fail and when that happen, it’s more costly to recover data than mechanical hard disks. besides, you can actually recover data by yourself for the old mechanical hard disks, and as for ssds, chances are that you will need to send it to a laboratory or find a specialist to […]

common issues with HP laptops especially with the fan caused by thermal heat. the links below describe the above problem with HP laptops until better intel processors were made:   https://www.quora.com/Why-every-HP-laptops-have-overheating-problem   https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Boot-and-Lockup/dv7-3188cl-Fan-Problem-Solved-no-thanks-to-HP/td-p/284638   note: i personally have used Compaq, Apple iBook, HP, Acer and Dell laptops over the past 20 years. Acer brand of laptops is my favourite follow by Dell in reliability. HP […]