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Experiences and Realities of a Work From Home IT worker

In news articles around the web and in the Real World, you can read all about the movement companies are making toward having workforces that are primarily home based. Yet, on the other end of the spectrum Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made headlines when she ended all telecommuting and brought everyone in-house. Other companies have …

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A Change of Direction

Ryan’s Tech Tidbits is having a direction change of sorts. Quite a lot has been happening since my last post. For the last 5 years I have been focusing on repairing Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8 computers. Prior to that, I worked and lived in the world of Linux, and loved it. Recently I …

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Laptop Won’t Turn On

Laptop Won’t Turn on? Every so often I come across someone who has a laptop that won’t turn on. The description is often that the laptop has a blank screen, won’t boot, or has no power. The effects are the same: When you push the power button, nothing happens. It’s as if the battery and …

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