Ralph Altman: Google Qualified Individual » Microsoft

I passed Microsoft Exam 70-653 (Configuring Small Business Server 2008)

Ralph — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:02:32 +0000

Officially re-certified as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist!

March 10th, 2010—Victory is mine! My company, The Computer Doctor, prides itself on being a Mcrosoft Certified Partner, so when I exited the Prometric testing center, passing the latest Microsoft Certification I sat for, I was feeling pretty good. Scored an 800 on the test (you [...]

HP Laptop Gets Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade

Ralph — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:09:29 +0000

As promised I wanted to let you know the results of UPGRADING to Windows 7 on an existing Windows Vista Laptop….

My wife had purchased a run of the mill HP laptop from the local superstore a few months ago–it had Windows Vista Premium 32bit, 3 GB RAM, and the Pentium Dual Core CPU. She was [...]

Windows XP’s Black Screen of Death and The Importance of Backups

Ralph — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:50:04 +0000

I was dispatched to help set up a new PC for one of my customers and perform a data transfer from his old Windows XP PC. Got the new PC all setup, programs installed, got it on the network and then booted up the old PC…and waited…and waited…until it came up with what I [...]

Windows 7: Top Ten Reasons You Want It!

Ralph — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:19:34 +0000

By the end of this year, Microsoft will have gone and done it again: they are releasing the another new operating system (OS), called WINDOWS 7. Everybody knows Bill Gates needs the money, but after the controversial release of Windows Vista in 2007, many of my customers are a little skeptical about going to Windows [...]