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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The Trouble With Store Cards Purchase not activated This week we look at a slightly off beat topic, but one that several customers have had problems with in the last month. We are going to look at some of the purchases, including gift cards and more often now – software titles that are made from […]
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Are You the Master or the Slave? Master or slave, which would you prefer to be? Before I get myself into too much trouble here, I need to explain that I am talking about the computer / user relationship that we all have with our PC devices. We get people coming through the door every […]
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Losing Data Can Be Avoided This week has seen a mixed bag of work at the shop and many of my team away on sick leave. I had a bout of the man flu myself which saw me take Wednesday off sick. This is a rare occurrence and one that I am keen to forget […]
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Keep Your IT Heart Healthy Many of my recent articles have focused on computer upgrades or computer replacement, so today we will place a focus on computer maintenance. It is all well and good to purchase a reliable and robust PC – but here we are talking about the quality of components like motherboard, CPU, […]
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Busting Some More Myths To complete last weeks’ Byte Me article on IT Myths, please read on to see more myths that need to be busted! A new PC will always be quicker than your old PC. This is not always true if the previous PC was a middle of the range item and the […]
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Fixing A Slow PC is Worth It Welcome back to another Byte Me instalment and can someone please tell me where the last week has gone? This year is marching to a close faster than any I can remember so there is no better time than right now to make every day count. So where […]
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Be Ready For Some Questions Today we look at a topic that we battle with everyday at the shop – ‘what we need from you’. In this case I am referring to the number of questions that we need to ask if we are reinstalling your existing PC or upgrading you to a new one. […]
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Lies Are Clouding the Issue – The Good, Bad & Ugly of Cloud Based Storage Today we dispel some of the lies, myths and mist associated with cloud computing. This article will have some appeal to home users but will prove to be vital reading for business owners. Here we are mostly looking at the […]
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