My Computer

Using Technology to Keep Productive and Organized – Part 2: Business Software Recommendations

by Roberta Piket on September 25, 2011

in Messages from the Owner,My Computer,Tech Thoughts and Tips

A few months ago I posted a list of PC software I use to keep my music life/business organized. In this post, I’ll discuss some of the software and online tools I use to keep the office here at New York Geek Girls Computer Services running smoothly. I’ve omitted the obvious ones that everyone knows [...]

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Unable to complete synchronization on Blackberry with DTM 6

by Roberta Piket on January 26, 2011

in My Computer,Tech Thoughts and Tips

Here’s how I resolved a difficult problem with my Blackberry sync. Since I found very little in the way of solutions when googling this issue, I’m posting my efforts here in hopes that this helps someone having the same problem. I returned my Droid Monday in anticipation of purchasing the new Verizon iphone. So I’m [...]

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Using Technology to Keep Productive and Organized

by Roberta Piket on October 2, 2010

in Messages from the Owner,My Computer

As many of my clients know, I have another life as a jazz pianist and composer. Recently I embarked on a huge project, recording a new CD called Sides, Colors. About half the CD consists of arrangements I wrote for strings, winds and rhythm section, eleven musicians in all. There were several recording dates, each [...]

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More on Windows 7

by Roberta Piket on October 19, 2009

in Messages from the Owner,My Computer,Tech Thoughts and Tips

In the last couple of weeks I’ve installed Windows 7 Pro on three boxes: my desktop PC (64-bit version), my Dell Mini Netbook, and a really cheap laptop which came with Vista Home Basic. So far I really like it. It’s definitely faster than Vista, and there are some nice features built in. I particularly [...]

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My internet travails

by Roberta Piket on February 2, 2009

in Messages from the Owner,My Computer

As I mentioned in a previous post and mailing, I just moved to Teaneck NJ. I thought it would be a simple matter to move my Verizon DSL service from Brooklyn to Teaneck, but boy was I wrong! Here’s a summary: http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=48049 I finally have internet service, thanks to Cablevision. Cable modem service costs significantly [...]

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RSS Feed Readers for Your PC and Windows Mobile Device

by Roberta Piket on January 7, 2009

in My Computer,Tech Thoughts and Tips

Considering my status as a Geek Girl, I’m rather late to start using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and feed readers. (I’m one of those “old-school” geeks. I still have a B&O LP player which, in my opinion. sounds better than any CD or mp3 player I could ever hope to buy.) However, RSS offers [...]

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Another use for Genie Backup – copying Outlook profile

by Roberta Piket on September 22, 2008

in My Computer,Tech Thoughts and Tips

Outlook 2007 is a very powerful email program, but it’s also very buggy. Today, for no reason, my IMAP mail stopped coming in. I narrowed down the problem to an issue with my Outlook profile, and decided to create a new profile. However, I didn’t want to have to recreate all my account settings, signatures, etc. I [...]

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Finale 2008a bug

by Roberta Piket on September 7, 2008

in My Computer

Many of my clients are aware that I have a dual life as a computer tech and jazz pianist. Here’s a case where they intersect. This morning I was trying to print a Finale file. Every time I tried to print a particular file, Finale crashed with no explanation. It was only happening for one [...]

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