Backyard Advice Won’t Cut It Running the shop here each week one of the points that always strikes me it the number of people that come in asking for XYZ product or software as their nephew’s best mate told them it was the bees knees. Unless the nephew’s best mate still works full time in […]
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28th January 2017 Tech Support and Warranties Following on from last weeks’ article we look at the differences between a computer warranty and a support agreement. Last week we mainly discussed the instances where a good warranty through the original manufacturer can come to the rescue. We see this often enough and it gives peace […]
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7th January 2017 Solutions to Stop Losing Data With the start of 2017 the first and most important article that I can write is about safeguarding your own data. There will not be many computer users that this does not apply to except maybe kids and teenagers that do not yet regard previous photos with […]
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24th December 2016 Keeping Receipts for IT Gifts With Santa arriving in the early hours of tomorrow morning there is little chance left for any of us to organise further gifts so this article will focus on the opening and activation of the gifts that he drops off. IT gear is largely a very personal […]
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3rd December 2016Keeping Your Business Safe This week has been highlighted with a lot of businesses getting the Cryptolocker virus. Previously this virus was spread near exclusively through emails however now we are seeing a large number of hacking attacks. This especially occurs when you are running a server but do not have adequate security. […]
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Don’t Get Into Trouble With Tech Don’t let technology get you into trouble. With all of the leaps forward in technology there are an increasing number of things that you should not do. A few weeks ago some bright spark in Sunbury Vic, decided that it would be cool to send his drone to the […]
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New PCs Become Old Quickly Finally we are back to writing about IT issues that are more relevant to the average consumer so this week we will talk about a topic that is somewhat of an oxymoron – that of IT longevity. There are many factors that influence how long you can reasonably make good […]
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Plan Ahead For Business Needs For the last two weeks we have looked at the growing pains that small businesses face with their IT systems as they expand from smaller to larger operations. Next week I will get back to writing about IT topics that are more relevant to the average reader so bear with […]
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Cries of Help as the NBN Rollout Rolls On We are getting lots of cries for help and call outs to help with the implementation of the NBN. Unfortunately from what we are seeing the effective rollout of this service upgrade varies considerably from customer to customer. There are some NBN techs and third party […]
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You Know If It Isn’t Broken This week we have still been seeing a lot of activity with phishing scams. There are a lot of emails circulating trying to suggest that you have missed a parcel delivery or that customs is holding a parcel for you and urging you to click on a link or […]
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