May
25
I work for Digital Doctors. The tech manager and I just converted our website from a static Dreamweaver HTML-uncompliant mess to a brand spankin' new Wordpress site, and the result is outstanding. The look is finally consistent, it's easy to edit, it's 100 times faster than the old site, standards compliant, dynamic, and easy for search engines to spider. I will also be writing articles for it for our current and future customers — so they will not be as technical as the articles I post here.
Anyway, if you live in Bradenton, Sarasota (or anywhere else in Manatee/Sarasota county) Florida, you can bring your computer to our shop and I will work on it! If you live in Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, you can call and one of our skilled technicians can come to you.
Our labor rates are not the highest, and not the lowest, but there's no other computer repair facility in a 50 mile radius that can do what we do – we are the best, most fair shop at which I've ever had the pleasure of working. Most repairs are 1 to 1½ hours, but we have a max labor rate of 2 hours — no matter how many things we do, the most you will ever be charged for is 2 hours of labor (plus parts, if applicable). We're also able to work on smaller things in quarter-hour increments. Give us a call for current labor rates.
Digital Doctors
7333 52nd Place East,
Bradenton, FL 34203
1-941-747-9477 Sarasota/Manatee (ask for Mike if you want to talk to me!)
1-727-541-4410 Pinellas
1-813-932-4500 Tampa
Here's a Yahoo! map of our location.
May
25
Dial-a-fix public beta update #1
Filed Under Dial-a-fix, Fixes, Software, Technical | 7 Comments
* Download Dial-a-fix v0.58.0.69 (no, I didn't do that on purpose)
Changes since the first public beta:
* Added a list of files the "Reinstall/Repair IE" tool might request, and their common paths
* Added IE version to the log pane, to help me out
* Added a handler for registration error -2147467259 (0×80004005) ("Unspecified error") – currently suggests doing an SFC purge + SFC scan as there is not a known/common solution for this in most cases
* Fixed up the status bar's animation some more
* Added a "Reinstall Windows Firewall" tool which I've already had to use on a customer's PC (and it worked)
Almost there!
Any other suggestions, guys and gals?
May
24
Dial-a-fix v0.58 public beta
Filed Under Dial-a-fix, Fixes, Software, Technical | 6 Comments
At last, I have released a beta that everyone can try out. I need feedback though, especially from Windows 2000 and Windows 98/Me users.
Note: DO NOT POST THIS BETA TO FILE DOWNLOADING SITES (such as Softpedia, Majorgeeks, FileForum, etc). This is just for personal use only, not distribution. I take no responsibility for anything that can go awry during the use of Dial-a-fix (whether it be a stable, or beta release). Please exercise care when using the program. Visit the Dial-a-fix wiki page for warnings, disclaimers, and suggestions (not updated for the beta version yet, but the warnings/license/etc still stand). Visit the Dial-a-fix_tips wiki page for scenarios where Dial-a-fix can come in handy.
Please email me if you run into any bugs, have improvement suggestions, or need assistance fixing your computer using Dial-a-fix. You can find the email address in the program itself, in the Contact box. Do not send email to my main address (in the footer of this page) regarding Dial-a-fix.
* * * Download Dial-a-fix v0.58 public beta
* * * Download secedit.exe (for the "Repair permissions" tool — place it in the same folder as Dial-a-fix's .exe)
Changelog:
* Fixed version.dll access violation
* New button icons and a new logging pane:
– (Tools and Help buttons were changed to just icon buttons with no text to make room for the new Log pane button and still stay within 640×480)
– Log pane can save to a .txt or .log file or copy to clipboard
* Cancel is now &Cancel and is quite smarter and faster
* Fixed several bugs regarding the %TEMP%/%TMP% variable checks and made it smarter
* "Flush SoftwareDistribution" button now asks you if you wish to preserve the update history, and it can be cancelled
* DLL registration is now native; no longer uses regsvr32.exe, and with that, it now properly reports Win32 error codes (and can sometimes give suggestions)
– Please report all error codes received to DjLizard so that more suggestions can be implemented.
* Disabled "Install VC6 runtime" checkmark in 2000/XP because it's really for 98/Me only (it didn't do anything in 2k/XP, it just exited)
* Added ForceActiveDesktop policy, removed a policy typo
* DLL registrations added: rpcrt4.dll, activeds.dll, oleacc.dll, credui.dll, cryptui.dll, mssign32.dll, certcli.dll, scecli.dll, userenv.dll, msi.dll, shsvcs.dll, olepro32.dll, sbe.dll, scardssp.dll, dmdskmgr.dll, dmloader.dll, dmstyle.dll, dmscript.dll, mmcndmgr.dll, clbcatq.dll, clbcatex.dll, ntmsmgr.dll, ntmssvc.dll, ntmsevt.dll, webvw.dll, shmedia.dll, es.dll, winhttp.dll, els.dll, query.dll, quartz.dll
* Reinstall Defrag tool (which can register dfrgsnap.dll, dfrgui.dll)
* "Unregister before Register" option is unsafe, and will not be returning; selective unregistrations will be enabled on DLLs that have been tested and found to require it:
– Box #3's "Register WUAU DLLs", box #4's "Register DLLs", and Box #5's stobject.dll (in the Explorer checkmark) are the first selective unregistrations; they will be performed without user intervention just before regular registration is performed.
* OLE section returns
* Fixed ole32.dll CLSID registry entry creation
* Added splitter bar in the Tools dialog for resizing the two panes
* Repair WMI/WBEM tool no longer deletes the repository; now rebuilds via wbemupgd.dll and links to pertinent articles
* No longer performs registration of the following files when IE 7 is installed: esetup.dll, pngfilt.dll, appwiz.cpl, imgutil.dll, inseng.dll, mshtml.dll, msrating.dll, msieftp.dll, themeui.dll, webcheck.dll
* New status bar animation pane that takes up less code space, and less physical space on the dialog
* Clicking the bold '5' in the bottom right box inverts the checkmark states for that box (so if none are checked, it checkmarks them all)
May
20
I've created a Dial-a-fix article at Wikipedia!
May
2
DAF 0.58 nearing completion
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The STLers seem to be doing well with the latest beta of Dial-a-fix 0.58, and soon I will be wrapping up development (after one more STL beta) and finally release it! (I'm not sure when though). But it's coming.
The native registration feature that was added to 0.58 has been a godsend for troubleshooting class registrations, although it alone has discovered even more issues with Microsoft products than previous versions of DAF. Expect to see more errors than ever before when using Dial-a-fix 0.58 (not DAF's errors, but errors coming from your system). For instance, lately I've found that COM+ is a nightmare to repair, and Dial-a-fix can't [yet] fix most COM+ subsystem problems.