When a PC Whiz Can Cost You Time, Money This week’s article is about the levels of expertise in the Information Technology (IT) field. Our industry has become so complex and changes so rapidly that no-one on this planet can claim to know everything about IT. This is one of the reasons that we have […]
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Power Fluctuations Cause PC Damage Time passes too quickly and I see that incredibly it has been 15 months since I have done an article on protecting your PC from the certain damage/death associated with power fluctuations. Central Queensland is littered with heavy industry and many of our rural areas have SWER power grids (single […]
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Beware ‘Virus’ Offers of Help as Often Fake You are happily browsing the Internet and all of a sudden your computer is telling you that you have viruses – a screen has popped up, it looks authentic, it may even be doing a scan or listing files that are already infected. This same screen will […]
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Support choice can prove a real long shot This week we gained another customer due to someone with a phone and an Internet connection based somewhere in the world offering remote support, but this time with a different twist. Often we get new customers that have fallen prey to various phone scams – callers claiming […]
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When the Expert Help Doesn’t Quite Work A day in IT can mean a big difference. This is certainly the case for a local mechanical business who first called us around 10am one morning with ‘computer problems’. An hour later I was onsite with Brad – one of our computer techs finding an absolute kaleidoscope […]
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There are Solutions to PC Slow Down Riddle After 16 years in business, I get used to seeing trends – especially as far as busy or quiet periods are concerned and normally around this time of the year (March) things run a bit slow. Contrary to this, so far this year there has been no sign […]
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Don’t Invest in Lemon PC Costing a Fortune – Paid Too Much 16 February, 2013 As is often the case, another new customer has provided us with the base for this weeks’ article – you can pay too much! This new customer came in on Thursday with a huge tower PC with all of the […]
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What a reformat means to you– What is a Reformat? 9 February, 2013 What is a reformat??? This is a topic that I have covered before, however, so many people have trouble with the concept. Unfortunately, (for us technicians), computers represent one of the most customised or individualised devices in the modern world. From the […]
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Breakdown is a Timely WarningWhen Technology Fails 2 February, 2013 We have to take our hats off to the Morning Bulletin! Through hell and high water the paper has still reliably kept us up-to-date with news and events, even when phones, email and Internet have been in chaos. All 3 of our own Business grade […]
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Humid weather and computers don’t mix– Wet Weather 26 January, 2013 Wow, the animal shelters will be busy this month – I have never previously seen it raining cats & dogs in Central Queensland like it has for the last few days! The amount of local rain is astounding and even though the Fitzroy won’t […]
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