Entries by brmorris

Dell D620 screen flickers after removing power cord

I sold a Dell Latitude D620 that intermittently would go into a terrible screen flickering or blinking when the power cord was unplugged.  If I inserted the AC adapter, it was fine.  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. […]

2010 Kaplan Pocket Tables – out of stock

[UPDATED 2/16/2011] I am out of stock of the 2010 Pocket Tables.Aton mebel 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. Email me at brian AT brianmorristech.com  (sorry you must type it in your email client) if you […]

[MAJOR PROBLEM] DCOM service process launcher terminated unexpectedly

McAfee DAT file 5958 is caused a false positive in SVCHOST.EXE, it is thinking it is W32/WECORL.A.  Disabling McAfee will stop this rebooting.Чесотка Hit START > RUN > SHUTDOWN -A, hit Enter to stop the DCOM shutdown window.  Many things won’t work at this point. Here is McAfee’s solution page: http://vil.nai.com/vil/5958_false.htm Confirmation from McAfee: http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=265240 […]

[SOLUTION] HP compaq nc6000 wireless not working

I’ve been struggling with this laptop for weeks and finally found a solution.  The nc6000 laptop was donated to the organization that I work for and the user wanted wireless internet.  (Check the bay in the bottom of the laptop to see if a card is there first!)  I bought a card on eBay that […]

[SOLUTION] Failed – Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970892)

After scouring the internet I found a solution for my computer’s inability to update the Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (KB970892) (Update failed).  Click Start, Run, type “regedit” Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\Setup Double-click on Resume, change the number from 1 to 0 (zero). Try to install now.  It worked for […]

Windows XP, Windows 7 and the Future

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 a while. There are two things that […]

Listen live to Steelers games on your iPhone or iPad

I spent over an hour on Sunday trying to figure out how to listen to the broadcast of the Pittsburgh Steelers game on my iPhone while out of state.  Here is a list of stations I found if on a regular computer: http://www.freefootballradio.com/Pittsburgh.html However, none of these worked with the iPhone (or iPod Touch or […]