Recent content by berbes

thank you guys so much for this great info. you are absolutely right, COLGeek. as darkbreeze posted, this is exactly that; a poor lady who loves her husband of 37 years and is afraid of an affair. so far, i've haven't found anything in any of the prior cases. whew.

Hello again, USAFRet. Good to hear from you again. I have NO background in any investigative field. Only licensed in multiple finance (Series 4, 6, 7, etc). I only work with computers, nothing more...although at 57 I think I'd ROCK a trenchcoat (only on a very foggy night). I'll tell you...

hiya COLGeek. i've always heard about police doing forensic investigation on pc's to find child porn, stolen docs, etc., and after all these years, now i'm getting calls from people wanting me to find bad things on their pc, especially deleted files/evidence. i just want to make sure i'm not...

after 15+ years with none, i've now gotten three calls this year from spouses looking to find nefarious files on their significant other's pc. i know nothing about them, so, i'm hoping for some direction in that kind of software. as always, THANKS!!! berbes

MERGED QUESTION Question from berbes : "dell 17R disappearing DVD" start with a fresh boot, then, the DVD drives shows up in explorer. eject the dvd, it disappears in explorer. put in another DVD, it doesn't re-appear. i've gone through device manager and uninstalled the DVD driver, re-booted...

the dell had win7 and everything was fine. went to win10 and the DVD disappears. in win 10, i start with a fresh boot, then, the DVD drives shows up in explorer. eject the dvd, it disappears in explorer. put in another DVD, it doesn't re-appear. i've gone through device manager and uninstalled...

excellent point, as always, USAF. now, when i have to save the client's info and start fresh (as it happens 80% of the time) and then put the info on a freshly partitioned and reformatted HD, what is your workflow for this project? i'm always looking for new ways of doing things and would...

good ideas, guys. the problem i run into alot is, when using the windows media disc, it will not even show me previous restore points, which in some cases i know 100% they exist. windows will ask me to choose the operating system, and go back into that loop all us techs hear about every other...

hello. i've been doing this for years, but, i know things change and there have got to be some great softwares i've missed. i currently use ultra virus killer for a good one click solution for general cleaning maintenance and virus / malware issues (a nice suite of programs in it for that), as...

thank you for the great guide! i guess if the cable is bad, it also mimics a bad screen. i just never had a dark screen repair that turned out to be the cable before.

i had a client bring in a toshiba c55-c5241 satellite with a dark screen. i shine a light into it, and i can see everything, so, i'm thinking it's a backlight and just replace the screen. i do, and sure enough it ALSO is dark, just like the original. i've never had this happen before. did i...

yes, the external doesn't work when the main monitor flickers. does that mean it isn't the ribbon/cable?

it works great, then by moving the lid up & down, i can eventually get it to flicker, along with the red light (where the camera is) rapidly blinking. i hooked up an external monitor and it works fine until i get the unit to start blinking again. does this mean the video chip needs...

there is so much i don't know about routers & browsing, but what would make it impossible for any browser to work wirelessly, yet, we can download drivers using software? i have a freshly formatted laptop and it works great at my house for all wireless connectivity, but when i return it to a...

the laptop just went out suddenly. dead. no lights, nothing. i went through the entire sticky checklist to determine if it is a power issue, but i don't have a second adapter to try. i am a rookie with a voltmeter, but think i had things seated correctly, and it kept fluctuating wildly from...