My messed up router

I was browsing the internet this afternoon when I lost connection. I checked the settings of my laptop and modem and everything seemed fine. I tried to browsed on my hubby's laptop but unluckily, there was no browsing either. I called our Internet Service Provider because I thought they were having some technical problem or they were having system maintenance. But when the customer support I spoke with, told me that everything is fine in their network, then that is the time I checked my router.

I tried by passing the router to check if there is internet connection by connecting the ethernet cord directly to my laptop and to my surprised, there is an internet connection. I applied everything I know about escalating router problem and technical skills but the problem wasn't solved still. I decided to call my friend who is more knowledgeable than me about router to help me get my connection back. I was impressed because she was able to fixed my router problem in just 5 minutes.

My friend is married to a military that is why they often move a lot. She took Virginia Cisco Course when they lived in Virginia and continued studying by taking Virginia MCITP. After she took those courses, they moved to Chicago and that is where she got her Chicago CCNA certification. A year after, she attended San Diego CCNA Bootcamp when they moved to California.

I am so proud of all her accomplishment in life. She loves computers alot that is why she never stop studying computer.

How to remove sticker from laptop

A family friend of ours came to our house selling his mom's laptop. The laptop is kinda old but he sold it to us for only $100 so we decided to buy it so we can have another laptop in the house. I like the laptop because it looked like it was well taken cared of. The only thing I didn't like about it is the huge green ugly sticker on it. I can't stand looking at the sticker so I decided to remove it the night we bought it. Here are the steps on how I removed the sticker:

1. I gently pulled the sticker little by little.
2. I rubbed the glue residue with cotton ball with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol made it easier for me scrape the remaining residue with plastic knife.
3. After removing the residue, I applied baby oil and WD-40 to smoother the surface .
4. I wiped the surface clean with rag.

Here is the picture of before and after:


NOTE: Notice that you can still see the mark of the sticker, that is because the sticker was there for years. If the sticker was there for only less than a year, you probably won't see any mark.

I want a custom laptop for Christmas

My hubby asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told him that I wanted a laptop. The laptop that I am using right now is still good but I just want a new one. Hubby was thinking of buying me an Iphone but I told him that the Iphone is nice but a custom laptop would be better and I'd be happier if I got that hehe.

We went store to the store today looking for custom computers that I might like but most of the computers we saw were either too expensive in price or cheap with specifications that aren't good. So awhile ago, hubby called his friend who knows a lot about computers. He is a programmer and also a computer technician. We called him because we are pretty sure that he knows where we could get a good deal for a laptop. He suggested that we visit Howard custom computers website because according to him, that is where we could find the laptop we are looking for. He also told us that that is where he usually buys computers because he always gets good deals at that website.

We checked the website and yeah, he was right! I found the laptop that I really really like. Yay! I am gonna have a new laptop!