Recent content by JeffKuhn

It's important to note that the drive must actually be powered down. If your PC is running, anyone who is able to warm boot to a Live USB stick can access the drive without having to reenter the ATA password.

Actually, although Amazon shows $329 now, click on the "3 new for $244.10" link below the higher price, and you can still get it from Amazon.com for $244. At least for now. Go figure.

The error codes might come back immediately after resetting and restarting the engine, or may take longer. I once had a vacuum leak that would take about 5 minutes to throw the code again. A bad O2 sensor on a Camry took about 5 minutes too. (That was setting the same code you are getting...

I used to use OneNote, until I found KeyNote (http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Keynote/keynote.html). It's free, simple, and powerful. It is no longer under development/supported, but I use it daily and have never had any problems.

The print server on the 2624 requires a parallel connection. It does not support bidirectional drivers (for example, the printer cannot send a message back to the PC that it is jammed or out of paper). It does not support the scanner in the all-in-one unit. It is also much slower than a...

HP Shopping is clearing these items (they will apparently be sold by HP Parts in the future). Go to http://shopping.hp.com and search for F3172B.

On my HP Pavilion laptop, it is extremely difficult to hit F2 at exactly the right time to get into bios. I discovered that hitting it repeatedly, very rapidly, for the 1-2 seconds before the logo appears almost always works for me. YMMV.

Not sure if this fits best in Cases & Cooling or General Hardware - decided to try here first. I just moved my new Dell 8250 case into a closet in my kitchen with a keyboard-video-mouse extender to my desk about eight feet away. I'm a little concerned about the system getting too hot. I've...