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Month: May 2017

How to view the available hard disk storage space on a networked computer

How to view the available hard disk storage space on a networked computer

We had a customer who wanted to know if they could see the amount of available hard disk drive space that was being used on a shared network computer. This networked computer was a media server which stored her movies. Even though she could see the networked computer listed in the “File Explorer”, the amount of hard disk drive space does not show when viewed in this manner. Only the folder and file names are visible. To be able to…

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Audio stuttering and popping when playing music

Audio stuttering and popping when playing music

We had a call from a customer who’s computer sound was stuttering/skipping/popping when they played their music. As you can imagine this was quite uncomfortable on the ear. Rebooting the computer didn’t fix the problem on this occasion. I verified that the computer had the latest drivers for the sound card and video card installed. Sometimes HD audio drivers are provided as part of the computer’s graphic card drivers. Upon arriving at the customer’s home and hearing the problem for…

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