What is a backup I have now written 450 Byte Me Articles over the last 10 years with the first article being published on the 6th of Feb 2010. I see that during this time I have covered the topic of data backups nearly 20 times, however at the risk of annoying regular readers I also […]
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Business Support This week we had all the techs, our reception manager and myself all doing overtime again due to the number of customers coming in with Windows 7 devices. When Microsoft makes a change such as dropping all further support for Windows 7 it has far reaching world-wide implications! When you consider that about […]
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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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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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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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Fake Support Beware Antivirus Site Hacks The response from readers to last weeks’ insurance article has been welcomed. It appears that Cyber Insurance is a hot topic at present, so this hit a cord with many readers. This week, again due to recent customer experiences, we look a little closer at the technical support offered […]
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Do We Need Cyber Insurance? This week we jump left field and look at a new topic that is still focussed directly on the IT arena, the topic of Cyber Insurance. Over the last few weeks I have noticed an increase of calls from our customers inquiring about whether they should take up the offer […]
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