I’ve documented trouble with XT3 tablets in the past few weeks, and now they’ve developed another symptom. Previously it was dead hard disks and backlights, now, I think I have another type of hard disk problem with the Latitude XT3.
UPDATED Jan 17, 2012 – found the fix Read the rest of this entry »
Believe it or not, fax technology (in one form or another) has been around for over a hundred years. For some reason, it hasn’t been replaced by a simpler, more reliable, digital method.
If you have a 95% success rate on your faxes, it’s pretty good, and the other 5% will retry until it goes through. One of the better ways to handle incoming faxes is to store them digitally, saving a great deal of paper. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve written previously about the problems I’ve been encountering recently with new Dell equipment. It has continued in the past week.
Sometimes removing Java from a system leaves a bunch of remnants behind. This can lead to errors updating, or re-installing the latest version of Java. Today I found a simple tool that can clean up leftovers from previous Java versions. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been wrestling with an HP M4555 MFP printer/copier/fax for the past week. I got it unpacked on Wednesday or Thursday last week, configured the scanning, email and fax settings and it was working great. Four hours later, it died.
UPDATE: I’ve figured out the reason I’m getting the error and how to prevent it. read on.
Now that I’ve completed installation of two dozen Dell Latitude XT3 systems I’m not sure of their future success. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been configuring and installing a couple dozen of the new Dell Latitude XT3 systems lately. For compatibility reasons, I’ve been using WindowsXP (yeah, I know). Anyway, they are the replacement model for the XT2 line that I’ve fought worked with for the past year or so. Read the rest of this entry »