Why Backup? This week we will look at a mixed bag of topics, starting with Telstra. I received an interesting email from one of our readers suggesting that Telstra first and foremost had an obligation to their shareholders to maximise their yearly profits. Yes, this is true to an extent. But, you have to ask […]
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Hello 2020 Welcome to 2020 and the first Byte Me article for the year. I trust that most got a well-earned break and are now looking forward to a great year ahead. We start back on Monday the 6th with a refreshed team including some new faces and will be right back into the massive number […]
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Good-Bye 2019 As the year offers up its final days, I hope that everyone enjoyed a good Christmas day, catching up with loved ones and opening unique and worthwhile presents! Some of us saw the smallest amount of rain on Christmas day as a timely reminder of what we all really need and want. It […]
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Latest Scam Todays article gets a little more serious and is typical of problems at this time of the year. Nearly every year just before Christmas we see a new virus, malware or some sort of exploit. In this case it is a Java exploit within Internet Explorer, and it is affecting a surprising number […]
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Microsoft Office Following on from last weeks’ article where we opened a can of worms, we had better continue here today to talk about all the different versions of Microsoft Office. There have been so many different versions of Office and different license structures that a dedicated article is needed to help dispel myths and […]
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Current Myths, Busted Windows 7 PC’s have been flooding in over the last week which has prompted me to look back over the figures for the last month. Around 65% of Windows 7 PC’s brought in have been upgraded to windows 10 as opposed to only 35% that have been replaced. We are seeing a […]
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Windows 7 UpgradesFresh Life to Even Old Devices Three weeks ago before the Yeppoon bushfires and the resulting devastation we wrote about the demise of support for the Windows 7 operating system. The January 14 deadline is fast approaching whereby Windows 7 based computers will become less and less secure from hackers and web borne […]
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Fire Victims 2Lot to Talk About in IT World This week we have a mixed bag to talk about and some urgent information to get out into the community. The first of which is the fact that we have had a change of heart regarding the free give away computers that we have offered to […]
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Help for Fire Victims Free Computers For Fire-Hit Last week I wrote about the imminent death of support for the Windows 7 operating system & I finished the article with a line about washing your car and praying for rain! That suggestion could not have been more apt, since little did I know that as […]
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Windows 7 End of Life Windows 7 Users Be Warned Today’s article is about the imminent death of support for Windows 7 (Win7), so if your PC is already running Windows 10 then give yourself a pat on the back and relax as far as this article is concerned! If your laptop or desktop is […]
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