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Puter Duder PC Troubles? Don't rent a geek, call the Duder! My place or yours, locally or globally. Personally, I have been working with computers since 1978.

The Puter Duder is national computer technician who has been making happy customers since 1998! Additionally, I am an ordained Dudeist Priest and can perform marriage ceremonies in most jurisdictions.

07/03/2021

Hey everybody!

Just a friendly reminder to back up all your devices! Save yourself time and agony later!

05/22/2020

Howdy everyone! Hope you are all safe in these interesting times!

Please remember to back up *ALL* your devices just in case THEY catch a virus!

01/06/2019

Remember to back up your devices or at least sync your most important stuff.

Signed,
680 lost gallery items

11/15/2017

Yesterday's work perspective:

Manager at POS install after I was done: "They wouldn't let me rate you 11."
Me: "You should have offered 20! That's not 11!"

As usual, another happy customer!

11/10/2017

Hey, everyone! Today is a good day to back up your devices!

09/08/2017

ATTENTION FRIENDS! EQUIFAX (yes, the credit score place) GOT HACKED. PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO CHECK YOURSELF!!!!

https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/

September 7, 2017 — Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized a...

07/14/2017

TODAY'S PUTER DUDER TIP!

If your technician suggests re-installing (or upgrading a current version of) Windows as the first step to fixing a computer issue, DO NOT DO IT. I just did a job where the user was told that, and the update failed, now her computer is unusable and she lost everything, plus the fact I spent 5 hours on it (much of that though was to create different installs on my flash drive, but her system wouldn't read the drive, although the drive was getting power (and I figured that out after the third install creation ugh). The fix in her case was actually quite simple, and would have taken me a maximum of 30 minutes to accomplish with only the loss of her login using her MS account, and that probably would have been temporary.

CHECK YOUR TRACEROUTES, SURVEILLE THE SURVEILLANCE!
04/23/2017

CHECK YOUR TRACEROUTES, SURVEILLE THE SURVEILLANCE!

IXmaps wants to “make visible the secret, dangerous, often illegal forms of surveillance that are increasingly becoming part of everyday life.”

Windows 10 choked my netbook up so badly I had to IMMEDIATELY uninstall it.
03/28/2017

Windows 10 choked my netbook up so badly I had to IMMEDIATELY uninstall it.

Three people have filed a class action lawsuit in Illinois for $5 million, claiming that Microsoft's Windows 10 update ruined devices or caused them to lose data in what they called the company's "failure to exercise reasonable care."

03/21/2017

All 15 iPhones lined up side by side.

Nice.
03/15/2017

Nice.

Lots of sports teams celebrated, but only one went 30-digits deep.

Thanks to Marc Stern for sharing this. I guess I'll stick with my 1080p, from which I sit about 10 feet away.
08/11/2016

Thanks to Marc Stern for sharing this. I guess I'll stick with my 1080p, from which I sit about 10 feet away.

For most people, 4K resolution on a TV screen is pointless because the human eye isn't refined enough to pick up the detail in a 4K image at typical viewing distances.

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