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My laptop got dropped and now it doesn’t turn on. I want to take it to be fixed but I have some dirty pictures on there. My computer is password protected but can they still get in and go through photos or videos? Thanks!
Probably. I suggest you read this: http://www.jackcola.org/2013/08/if-you-take-your-computer-to-a-computer-repair-technician-you-must-read-this-first/
My recommendation, fix it yourself, or take out the hard drive and backup the data using a external HDD caddy, delete the files on the HDD and put it back in.
i Have an acer aspire 5610z laptop with a black screen, im told that the backlight is broken can i fix it myself. i am a technical person. kind regards David Kotze
If you’re a technical person, you should know if you have the skills to do so – otherwise, take it to a repair technician who specialises in this. Or, buy a new laptop – it could be cheaper since that’s an really old laptop.
After a crash and loss of all partitions(?) all programs were wiped. Repair guy did not load my old programs and I am really upset and don’t have the money microsoft wants for a service contract either. Now when I attempt to reinstall former programs they dont show in the programs list in add/change programs – why? I am also trying to reinstall office 2003 to windows XP. In the wizard install I get blocked and told a version of office is required to upgrade and it wants a location and therefore won’t install off of my disc. Where are all of my office programs that were loaded at the factory? I do have the installation discs but no idea where to begin.
Thanks for any help – but please use primmer language!
As to why programs you are installing are not appearing – I am unsure as I am unable to see your computer or see how you are installing them.
If your programs are legitimate, you should be able to install them – if not, see your repair technician, or find another one.
Sorry that I cannot be of more help.
hi jack i have a question. lets say if i have someones old phone. and i want to find the passwords through there. i am currently able to check their facebook messages. is there any way i can get their googleplay log in well the email with the phone. it keeps requestin password to be re-entered but i dont know the password.
If you can access FB on their phone, you technically should be able to change the password.
As for Google Play, it’s under the google account. So if you have access to the Gmail emails, just submit a password request, reset it and you should be able to access is.
Never tried it, but it’s a possible theory.
Is there any other way to find living people in australia other than the 5 sites you recommended? If a person does not want to be found and may have changed their name and/or the children’s names to prevent someone tracing them?
There are other ways, but these are probably the easiest. It is possible they could change their names, or not active on social media.
Hello
I don’t have actually proof yet, but I’m hoping to find it soon. Boyfriend started acting weird, hiding his cell phone away when he came home from work. I confronted him about it but he said I was just paranoid. I happened to see a flirty bbm which I also confronted him about, and was told they are just friends. Decided to check his phone, now there’s suddenly a pin lock on it which there never was before. So now I’m almost certain he is cheating (why else would it be locked then), I just need the proof. How can I hack/bypass his pin lock? It’s a Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Thanks in advance for your time
Instead of taking the hacking approach, why don’t you use another method of trying to find out what he is doing? For example, you can with hold sex, move out until he tells the truth. Really, if he is hiding something, and not admitting it, is it really worth it to have him as a boyfriend? It’s not a healthy relationship.
There’s something I’d like to add but forgot to mention. I’ve been checking out some spyware for phones, but they all say the app must be on the target phone in order for it to work – and for me, this is highly impossible. I’m hoping that sometime soon there’ll be a remote way to do this (which I know is not right I guess, but I still want it).
Thanks
I was in the process of downloading Tor and the Comodo firewall intercepted it. Subsequently it shut down all access to the Internet. I have tried to restore, work in safe mode etc. but no luck. I also deleted the Comodo Internet security system. What do I need to do to get reconnected to the Internet. When I click on Internet access it keeps saying no connections are available
Can other computers on your network access the internet, or is it just that one particular computer?
HI there , as my p/c man must have been dodgy , on my baby laptop , when I want to email a page , a box comes up in red saying put in “ACTIVATION CODE ” Anyway to get rid of this to use ? Thanks for answering
I’d go back to your P/C man and ask him. It’s likely he just installed trial software to fix your computer, and now the free trial is over, it’s saying enter an activation code.
We have more than 100 switches in our site, i am just started to work in IT. my boss told with me to get IP off all switches useing console cable how can i get it plzz help me in this
Hello Johnson, please see the email that I have sent you.
Hi, my computer has many many problems, I’m not sure why. It’s windows 8.1 and is less than a year old. And I’m not a technical person. Firstly, whenever after I start up my comp and log into my windows user, instead of showing the usual desktop screen, it shows a black screen with movable cursor for a few minutes before the desktop appears. Secondly, my windows update has been failing for months, and it always says that it’s reverting changes because updates failed. Thirdly, when I try to restore or reset my pc, both failed. They said that the drive that holds windows is locked for refresh. For reset, it says that I’m lacking a few parts. Also, I don’t have a recovery partition so I’m not sure what to do. Lastly, I’ve been noticing that my computer feels kinda weird. Like I can’t reinstall or use some programs and applications, they say that access is denied, when I could use them last time. Would be very very grateful and appreciated if you could give me some guidance on how to solve these issues:) by the way do you think these problems are linked? I can’t remember what weird things I did to my computer before all these happened.
My best bet is that your computer has been infected with something. I say take it to a computer repair technician and get them to take a look at it.
Several years ago, we had a marketing manager set up a Facebook page for our business. He has long since been dismissed and I would like to be the admin of the page now. It hasn’t been updated since 2010! He can’t remember what email address he used to set it up nor the password. How do I access it? Can it be accessed? Can it just be deleted and I’ll just start over? At one point, I tried to set one up and merge them, but was unsuccessful. Can you help?
Hello Kaye,
Facebook pages are assigned to a Facebook profile. So either it was his personal one (which I recommend using), or one that he setup just for it.
You might be lucky that the page is unclaimed. See https://www.facebook.com/help/168172433243582
But you need to find the personal Facebook account it was used to set up.
Or, try to contact Facebook Advertising team, and say I want to spend money on ads, I just need help with fixing up this page that is unofficially representing my business and they might be able to do something for you. It worked for me when I needed a name changed for a Facebook account to one that was forbidden based on their Page Name criteria.
Hi Jack
Could you please tell me how to find out a person’s Facebook id (not user id) if the person is not on my friends list.
Hello Parnita,
Someone’s Facebook ID is their userid. So visiting http://www.facebook.com/ will show you their profile.
If the person is not in your friends list, you will need to search for them, then get the URL and use a site like http://findmyfacebookid.com/ to find there Facebook ID.
Hey Jack,
I was just wondering if you could help me out with my internet problems. My internet connection works but the internet browsers is what I am having trouble with. I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 so now there are a few different browser options. Opera takes ages to load, Microsoft edge loads quick and chrome takes ages to load to. And when they do it sometimes takes a bit to load the page I want and clicking on something on the page and trying to type doesn’t always work and sometimes clicking on something reloads the page on a new tab and an add appears on the new or old tab. Please help me fix this. Thanks in advance.
Hello Chrissy,
Since you have upgraded, my recommendation is to install chrome and reinstall it again. A fresh install would likely fix your browsing issues.
The other thing is to make sure your internet connection is normal, as some ISP’s slow down your connection after going over your bandwidth limit. This might have been the case as Windows 10 is quite big.
Hi jack can i hack wifi password
If you have the skills, there isn’t anything stopping you… but it may be illegal.
Hello Every one,
Please Answer if any body knows…..
Is it possible that police can find someone if their physical IP is not static? I mean by that their Physical IP changes every 24 hours I guess or may when they switch on or off their wifi
If the answer is yes or no, please provide a little of explanation that how can a non static or dynamic IP is traceable because it changes everytime they turn on or off their wifi. confused:(
Any Help would be much Appreciated
Regards
Hello Ali,
It sounds like they do have a dynamic IP address then.
They will need to contact your ISP to get that information. ISP records who had what IP address at a particular time.
So if you say who had this IP address at this time, they will have that information, but you may need a warrant/court order for them to hand over that information.