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PayPal mobile wallet in Banking, Insurance & Loans ·
Hannah Campbell63 said:But really, the real question I find myself pondering is whether this actually holds water for businesses too—you know, specifically regarding those incoming transfers hitting a corporate checking account?

It definitely works. I can speak from experience on that one.
PayPal mobile wallet in Banking, Insurance & Loans ·
When it comes to fees, they’ve dropped significantly since we switched over to the dollar. Incoming transfer fees for dollar transactions have to be uniform, whether it’s a domestic wire or an international one (I'm not entirely sure if that applies to third-party countries, but for the US, it holds up)
PayPal mobile wallet in Banking, Insurance & Loans ·
It’s been extended until August 31st. You can see the update on the app.
It varies depending on which country you're looking at; here in the States, they're really only mandatory within healthcare and social services.
Look, there isn't a legal requirement for them to do so, but the carrier still holds the right to set their own rules. I don't really see why they'd bother, but they certainly have the authority to
Are the airlines still insisting on masks or what?
The mask mandates have been extended. Honestly, if they were planning on extending the border restrictions too, I’m sure they would have made a formal announcement by now.
It’s pretty ridiculous that we have to rely on news outlets from Canada just to find out what's happening here.
The temporary restrictions on crossing border checkpoints expired yesterday, but I can't find any notice about an extension. There’s nothing posted on the FEMA website or the CDC site either.
Laptop power jack overheating issues in IT Support ·
Yeah, it’s a lot less of a headache when you're just dealing with a charger connector...
I'll get it sorted; it isn't exactly a massive ordeal, and honestly, I've been through this before.

Thanks again for the hand.
Laptop power jack overheating issues in IT Support ·
First off, thanks for getting back to me!
Second, it looks like you hit the nail on the head—it’s definitely the charger. I grabbed my multimeter to double-check, and the voltage is all over the place; as soon as I nudge the leads, the reading jumps or drops.
The charger is pretty new, so I'm a little baffled that it gave out this quickly.
Laptop power jack overheating issues in IT Support ·
My laptop charger has started acting up. It keeps cutting out intermittently; I have to wiggle the cord just to get the charging to kick back in. I haven't quite figured out if the issue is the port on the laptop itself or the charger, though my gut tells me it's likely the connection on the machine side.
What’s actually worrying me more is the heat. When I unplug the connector from the laptop, the tip is so scorching hot that I can barely touch it with my fingers. I can't quite remember if it used to get this bad...
Once the battery hits full charge and stays plugged in, the connector eventually cools down.
It’s a 120W power adapter.
I'm not sure if the intermittent connection and the overheating are linked, or if a connector getting that hot is even remotely normal.
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That’s why I swapped things around—SSD in the laptop, HDD in an external enclosure.
I handled the storage bottleneck by using a 500 GB hard drive strictly for data backup.
As for the optical drive, it died over a year ago, and honestly, I haven't had any use for it since.
Saying it isn't the right move for everyone? Sure, I can get behind that. But calling it a catastrophically bad option...
It wasn't actually broken for very long. Turns out the culprit was just the caddy I used to swap out the DVD drive for a Seagate or a Samsung. There’s a tiny little switch on it—you just flick it into the right position and everything works fine again.
Managed to sort this out, just in case anyone else runs into it...
The BIOS was acting a bit funky.
If I set an old Seagate as the primary boot device, everything would load perfectly from the Samsung drive (tested it—there’s no OS on the Seagate).
But if I selected the Samsung directly, it would just claim there was no OS found.
Ended up pulling the Seagate, did a clean reinstall of macOS on the Samsung, and now everything is running smoothly.
Hey there!
I've got a Dell Inspiron. It was running Windows 10, x64, and I decided to swap out the DVD drive for an SSD so I could boot directly from it.
Everything was hooked up, and I ran an OS migration using Partition Magic. The process went smoothly, and the laptop boots from the SSD just fine.
The catch is, I only realized there was a problem right as I was running the migration. Now, the laptop refuses to shut down, restart, or even enter sleep mode. It just hangs on a black screen and stays there. I have to force it off using the power button, but once I turn it back on, it boots up without any issues.
I did some digging online and tried a few fixes: uninstalling the Intel Management Engine driver, reinstalling my graphics drivers, disabling the network driver, and turning off Fast Startup.
I figured maybe something went wrong during the migration, so I formatted the drive and did a clean install of Windows, but that didn't help at all.
Every once in a while—maybe every fifth attempt—it actually shuts down normally.
Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?
How to prep a PDF for printing in IT Support ·
Lisa Perez50 said:Hey there.

I need some help. How do I turn a standard PDF into a "print-ready" version? I want to set everything up myself so I can save a file that’s ready to go—you know, like how they do it at a FedEx Office or Staples where you can fit multiple pages on one sheet (like a 2x2 layout). Is there a specific program or a website that does this? I've been searching through Google, but I can't figure out the right terminology to find what I'm looking for.

If anyone here has figured this out, please jump in and help! 🙂

Well, when you go to print (just hit Ctrl+P), you usually have plenty of options right there. There should be a setting for "Pages per sheet" that lets you decide how many layouts you want on one page. Honestly, I don't think you even need a separate program.
BIOS Settings Wrong in IT Support ·
Every time I boot up my PC, I’m greeted by this error message from the title. It gives me the option to hit F1 to run SETUP or F2 to load the default values and keep going.
When I try F2, it spins for a bit and then the computer just reboots itself.

I already swapped out the CMOS battery and fixed the date and time settings, but I'm still seeing the exact same prompt.
I tried switching the SATA mode over to AHCI, but it won't stick. Every time I go back into the BIOS, it's reverted right back to SATA.
Anyone have any other ideas or advice on what to try next?
Thanks 😁
Can't find Intel VT-x in my BIOS in IT Support ·
Shout out to the folks over at stackoverflow.com 😁
I was having a bit of a headache caused by Norton

try running some commands as admin from within windows
- bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
- bcdedit /set nx AlwaysOn
Also make sure you have Norton turned off or disable "Enable hardware-assisted virtualization" under: Settings > Troubleshooting)
Then reboot.
Can't find Intel VT-x in my BIOS in IT Support ·
crimsondrifter12 said:Try a BIOS update first, might help... If not, I think you're in a bit of a spot.🙂

Update is done, and yeah, I'm pretty much stuck.😁
The option just isn't there in the BIOS.