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Letter from Hamilton Gates about free airline tickets

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Today I received a letter from Hamilton Gates telling me that I have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets. It says to call 866-391-0391. It looks like it was actually signed by Brittany Dale, the Vice President of the Travel Awards Division. The www.hamiltongates.com website ...

Letter from Madden Hall about free airline tickets

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Today I received a letter from Madden Hall telling me that I have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets.  It says to call 866-390-9070.   It looks like it was actually signed by Jacqueline Ball, the Vice President of the Travel Awards Division. The www.maddenhall.com website exists.  Here's the ...

Dell D620 screen flickers after removing power cord

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

I sold a Dell Latitude D620 that intermittently would go into a terrible screen flickering when the power cord was unplugged.  After lots of time and headaches, the answer was to update the display driver. It had Intel 6.14.10.4764 display driver, which was bad. I updated it to Intel 6.14.10.4814, which worked. I ...

2010 Kaplan Pocket Tables – pack of 4 on sale for $10

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

I have about 3 packs of 4 "2010 Kaplan Pocket Tables" on sale now for $10, including shipping (to the US only).  These are a compact guide packed  full of great tax and financial information.  I work with many financial advisors and as a service to them, I buy large ...

Tuan H. Truong credit card charge for $13

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I don't know what this charge is.  If you can help me, please comment.  If you didn't approve this charge on your card, comment here please!

Windows-E stopped working

Monday, December 28th, 2009

On a number of XP computers lately, the Windows-E function (hitting the Windows button and E), which is supposed to open Windows Explorer, has stopped working.  I don't know why, so hopefully I can figure it out.  Post a comment if you know why or how to fix it!

My iPhone Wish List from Apple’s developers

Monday, October 26th, 2009

[UPDATED 6/30/10, updates in red] I really love my iPhone. It makes me so much more productive and easy to reach via IM, text, email, phone. It's like having my home computer in my pocket. However, with heavy use, there are bugs that I've found and improvements that would ...

Windows XP, Windows 7 and the Future

Monday, October 26th, 2009

I have continued to sell Windows XP on new and used systems, with a few exceptions right after Vista was released. I know it so well and can support it really well, and it is compatible with almost everything, so I'm inclined to continue selling it for quite ...

I lost my QuickBooks Automatic Credit Card Billing data

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

I upgraded my QuickBooks 2006 to 2008 on May 29.  On the following Monday (June 1), I was reviewing my automatic credit card billing through the integration via Intuit Payment Solutions/Innovative Merchant/whatever-they-are.  All my automatic credit card billing was gone!  Being that they were supposed to hit on June 5, ...

Can’t open Outlook with QuickBooks open – SOLUTION

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

After upgrading from QuickBooks 2006 to 2008 (stupid Intuit), I wanted to synchronize my contacts from QuickBooks to Outlook 2000 like I've always done.  When I tried, it made me download a sync application and install it (the 2006 version had a small, built-in sync program).  I had to close ...