Tag Archives: PC
Computer Jokes
MICROSOFT NEWS RELEASE: It has come to our attention that a few copies of the Georgia edition Computer Jokes MICROSOFT NEWS RELEASE: It has come to our attention that a few copies of the Georgia edition of Windows 10 may … Continue reading →
A Method to Retrieve Data From a Failing Hard Disk
Article first published on Aug. 29, 2015. One of the hard disks on my Desktop PC failed (probably due to heat), the one with all my data which was the Linux /home partition. To make matters worse, after buying a … Continue reading →
How to Install Elementary Pantheon Desktop on Fedora
My Pantheon Desktop on Fedora Updated January 18, 2018. I first wrote this article for Fedora 25 but it works for later versions of Fedora as well. I’m currently using Fedora 27. I read on a blog that the Pantheon … Continue reading →
First Hitchhiking Adventure of 2016 from Niigata City
On March 4th, 2016 I hitchhiked 100 kilometers or about 60 miles to the city of Tokamachi. It is a city in the midst of hills. The Shinano River which is the longest river in Japan flows through Tokamachi. It’s … Continue reading →
My First Hitchhiking Adventure of 2016
On January 31, 2016 I hitchhiked from the Hanawa service area in Akita Prefecture on the Tohoku Expressway back home to Niigata city. My friend Keiji who is from Akita Prefecture was amazed that I made the 505 kilometer (316 … Continue reading →
Adventure fixing Windows Update / Antivirus database update errors and security certificate errors
On June 15 I went to help my friend George with his PC problems. His Windows 7 PC would start with a multitude of error messages, and no programs would run! Windows update would not work, the antivirus software would … Continue reading →
Move from Linux Mint 16 to Fedora 20
For those of you who have been following my Linux posts, you know that I have been a Fedora user since February of 2005 with Fedora Core 3. I tried Ubuntu from time to time but always had problems. However … Continue reading →
How to secure Grub 2 in Fedora Linux
This is an technical article that only Linux users would understand and appreciate. I like to secure the Grub boot loader to make it harder for anybody but me to get root access to my PC by either a cold … Continue reading →
How to reinstall Windows on a Notebook PC with no CD / DVD drive
My friend’s daughter has a lightweight Sotec notebook PC with Windows XP. As often with the case of browsing the Internet with Windows XP logged in with Administrator privileges, in spite of the antivirus program in use, some virus crept … Continue reading →
Monday adventure from Aomori to Niigata
April 19, 2010: I had intended to hitchhike back home on Sunday morning but stayed in Aomori city in northern Honshu an extra day to deal with a friend’s PC problem. Hitchhiking on a weekend or a holiday is always … Continue reading →
The best way to safeguard your PC from bugs and viruses
The best thing any Windows user can do to protect their PC from the getting infected from the Internet is to create a second user account with administrator privileges and to change the working user account to one with only … Continue reading →