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How to Find a High-Quality Car Repair Shop
Check for certification. A quality mechanic and shop should be certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). To become certified, technicians need to pass one or more of ASE’s 52 tests. To remain ASE certified, the technician must be retested every five years. Check with the Better Business Bureau. Auto repair shops rank 16th on the Better…
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Some iPhone 16s Use a Special Glue That Makes Them Easier to Repair
All batteries age, and the lithium ion battery in your iPhone is no exception. Overtime, the battery degrades, meaning it can no longer hold as much of a charge as it could when it was new. After a few years of using the phone, you may notice your phone needs more frequent juice-ups throughout the day. When the inevitable happens…
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Everything you need to know about laptops you can repair instead of replace
The goal, Patel says, is to continuously cycle through all of Framework’s actively supported laptops, updating each of them one at a time before looping back around and starting the process over again. Functionality-breaking problems and security fixes will take precedence, while additional features and user requests will be lower-priority. Source link
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How to Get Free Car Maintenance and Repair Work
If you own a car, you own a long list of necessary maintenance and potentially expensive repairs, especially if your goal is to keep an old car going for as long as possible. The average car maintenance and repair costs run around 10 cents a mile—or close to $1,500 a year if you drive an average of 15,000 miles. And…
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How to Repair a Microsoft Outlook PST or OST file
You’re running into errors or glitches in Microsoft Outlook and suspect the issue may be due to corruption in your personal folder file, which houses all your email and other content. To help track down the cause of the problem, Microsoft offers the built-in Inbox Repair tool, also known as ScanPST. SEE: Windows, Linux, and Mac Commands Everyone Needs to…
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Download our Windows Repair Upgrade Cheat Sheet
Download the PDF Computerworld Cheat Sheet today. Source link
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What has happened to the Right to Repair?
The Right to Repair is a concept that is being increasingly enshrined into law that gives each individual the right to fix the products they have purchased. This covers both adjustments to the manufacturing process to make it easier for consumers to fix their own devices, as well as issues such as voiding warranties. The UK’s Right to Repair legislation…
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Car Brands Ranked by Maintenance and Repair Costs Over Time
Knowing the typical ownership costs for each brand can help you save money in the long run by avoiding surprises, either by choosing a less expensive brand to maintain or by budgeting accordingly. “The difference to maintain a car on average between some brands can be thousands over a 10-year time frame,” says Steven Elek, Consumer Reports’ program leader for…
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Apple now sells iPhone 16 and 16 Pro repair parts
Apple has begun selling repair parts for iPhone 16 and 16 Pro phones on its self-service repair store. That includes replacements for commonly damaged parts like cameras, displays, and back glass, and follows the release of official Apple iPhone 16 repair manuals in September, as MacRumors notes. A replacement camera assembly will run you $169 for the iPhone 16 and…
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5 steps to repair Microsoft Office – Computerworld
Finally, the SaRA interface for OffScrub appears, as shown in Figure 10. This particular PC is running a subscription version (type = “Click to Run”); perpetual versions will appear as Office 2019 or 2021 (or something older, if that’s what you’ve got). Click the checkbox to remove the corresponding Office installation, then click the Next button (lower right) to proceed,…
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