–Backup Final I wrote an article last week without realising exactly how many customers we had with Avast anti-virus; however it has been great to catch up again with our more regular customers and it surely keeps my techs on their toes! For regular readers looking for a conclusion to the backup article that I […]
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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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Internet on the go Set to Expand 2014 has almost finished serving its useful life and is soon to be upgraded to 2015 so we have a good opportunity to look at what has been happening in IT during the last 12 months as well as the possibilities for the future 2015. 12 months in […]
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Backup to Protect From Data Loss Last week we wrote about the re-appearance of the worldwide Ransomware virus – CryptoLocker. Since then we have had a huge number of phone calls asking for further information about the virus and in particular how to avoid it. This article focus on these very topics. There have been […]
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Keep Passwords in a Safe Place This week produced both an interesting and extremely frustrating experience when I volunteered to help a friend replace their failing iPhone with a new one. In this case they wanted to go from an iPhone 4 to the latest iPhone 6 and they had selected JB Hi-Fi in the […]
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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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Right Time for a New PC Part 9 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the ninth of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – when should I replace it? This is an interesting point! What is the ideal time to […]
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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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Storing Files and Photos on a PC Part 5 of 10 – Computer Ownership This article is the fifth of our 10 part mini-series of self-help articles covering all facets of computer ownership. This week we cover the topic – how do I store files & photos? If you are only going to use your […]
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Keep Daily Backups of Your Work Once upon a time man used to chisel important verse into stone. This was thought to be a great method of safe keeping and it was expected to last many years. After going to this much trouble I suggest that they also had the presence of mind to store […]
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