Six Years on For Columnist I am constantly amazed how many people come into the shop with one of these articles – asking us “Can you do this to my computer?” Originally when I started writing Byte Me articles around 6 years ago I think that my Mum & Dad were my only audience. In […]
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Windows 10 is One Year Old Can you believe that it has been 12 months since Microsoft introduced Windows 10! Well time stands still for no man and while we have been getting acquainted with all of the new features brought to us in W10 the guys behind the scenes at Microsoft have been busy […]
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Top Tips for Computer Users This week we look at computer users themselves and compare styles of use that also have a large bearing on the reliability of your computer. I am also going to reference the styles of use of a motor vehicle as there are similarities which can help provide clarity on this article. We […]
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Windows 10 Upgrade Offered Today we need to let customers know that they have not missed the free Windows 10 upgrade boat and also enlighten everyone about the latest round of Internet based computer scams. Firstly with the scams, we have seen a few customers this week that have been conned into using their credit […]
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Alma St Medical Up and Running The last two weeks has seen us busy with helping a local business to get back onto their feet after a major incident. That business and incident was the fire that gutted one of our largest local medical practices – Alma Street Medical. The fire at 150 Alma Street […]
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Limited Time for Windows Upgrade This year is rocketing past faster than I can remember any previous one and we already have upon us an important IT deadline – that of the end of the free period of Windows 10 upgrades. In less than 3 weeks on the 29th of July Microsoft will cease to […]
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Hard Disk Drives Can Often Die A new financial year is upon us and we are still completing all of the work and new equipment ordered by many of our business customers before June 30. It is always interesting the how varied the work is that we do and in the one week we can […]
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Networking PC’s Vital for Business As we approach the end of another financial year we are seeing lots of businesses wanting an invoice for computers or computer upgrades before June 30. It is a time of the year when we pick up many new business customers and I am often left aghast at how their […]
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Technology Knows No Bounds The feedback that I get from readers is very interesting and lately it has come to my attention that there are a significant number of regular readers that have still never had Internet access and have also never owned a computer. I separate the two here as I don’t really count […]
Continue readingForced Windows 10 Upgrades Today’s article is centred around the latest Windows 10 upgrade messages that are appearing at the bottom of users’ Windows 7 & Windows 8 screens. If you are a regular reader you will know that we embrace Windows 10 on any new computer, however we have always said that upgrading to […]
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