LET Closures Whip Up Activity There has been a big impact on Central Queenslanders with the closure of the Leading Edge Telecoms (LET) stores across the region. It is always disappointing to see locally run businesses close their doors and it is particularly tough on the loyal and helpful staff that they had at those […]
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Storms Wreaking Havoc on PC’s Many areas across CQ are finally getting some much needed rain and as is often the case, once it starts we see storm clouds building nearly every day! Lately the heavens are also trying to show off with displays of lightning several times a week. We see the results of […]
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UPS Protection is Vital Wednesday night I sat on my front veranda and watched a spectacular light show as a heat storm passed over large areas of Central Queensland, sending lightning bolts earthward and momentarily turning night into day. I couldn’t help but to reflect back to over a decade ago when I would spend […]
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Copy This: Have a Back Up Plan This week has seen a mixed bag of IT problems arriving at our shop and it is worth looking at some of them. We had several new customers that had failing USB memory sticks – which wouldn’t normally be a problem, as they are getting as ‘cheap as […]
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Why Does My Computer Hate Me? Part 10 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the final in our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership & the topic for this week is – common PC myths! Next week we will be back to the normal coverage of what […]
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Backup: PC Disaster is Inevitable Part 6 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the sixth of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – why backup & how? Once again, if you are only going to use your new PC for […]
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Plenty More to Come for PC Users, Readers This weekend marks a major milestone with the Byte Me articles as today they are being launched as a weekly column in the Gladstone Observer with an introductory article. Today’s article here in the Morning Bulletin is number 178 and in the CQ News it is already […]
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Busting Windows Operation Myths Around 7 weeks ago I started writing articles about the demise (end of life) of the Windows XP operating system. I had no idea what an avalanche of new customers and work it would bring through our doors. I even quoted figures of only 8% of all Internet users in Australia […]
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Windows of Opportunity to Update Last week I wrote about Microsoft dropping support for Windows XP on the 8th of April – in less than a month. The response to this article has be immense and our phones have be ringing hot. Unfortunately there is still a lot of miss-information out there as well as […]
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Microsoft is Shutting XP Window Many people are approaching us with worries about Windows XP reaching its ‘end of life’ on the 8th of April – just next month. In many cases even their virus scanner is coming up with suggestions about downloading Google Chrome or taking other safeguarding actions. So what does ‘end of […]
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