Someone people move all their photos from their computer onto an external drive and think they have a backup. They don’t.
Someone people move all their photos from their computer onto an external drive and think they have a backup. They don’t.
It's tricky but the thing that makes a computer “good” or “bad” is not the pretty stuff on the outside but rather the components in it. Even trickier, “specs” don’t give you any indication of the quality of the components in your laptop…or desktop PC or any other type of computer.
The two key things that you need to be aware of are…components and setup.
Do you remember the movie “Home Alone”, there’s the ‘police officer’ who visited the McCallisters. Although he was a burglar, his convincing police officer impersonation led them to volunteer information about where they were going and for how long. He was fishing for information (which is where ‘phishing’ comes from). With that info he was able to plan the robbery. ‘Phish’-ers do the same with your computer via email, messenger or phone.
I’ve used many different wireless routers over the past 20 years but VR2800 by TP-Link is super cool. If you want your computer to go fast on the internet – especial if it’s a laptop or tablet or phone, you need to make sure your wireless internet is not slowing you down.
Even the Inventor of McAfee Antivirus for Windows and Apple Mac computers, John McAfee thinks it’s awful.
In this blog I tell you the 4 things to look for when buying a new computer (laptop or desktop). This will help you avoid "lemonitis" i.e. that is buying a computer that turns out to be a pain in the backside.
In this article I’ll show you the 3 things to look for when looking for a great computer repair technician. This will help you to have confidence that you are getting great value for money and your computing device (laptop, desktop, tablet or phone) is not going to get wrecked.
PRESS RELEASE: Creator’s Update Windows 10 Computer’s Not Shutting Down.
Date: 25 Jan 2018 11:28am Christchurch, New Zealand
After the update from Windows 10, some computer users may find their computer will no longer shut down or hibernate. The Windows 10 Creator Update is the cause for several users. The shutdown commands work using a command line (shutdown -s -t 00)
Three areas to investigate.
No, it wasn’t cruel and obsessive addiction with Facebook or Instagram. Neither was it a case of being able to stop watching YouTube videos. I couldn’t actually shutdown it down! To be precise whenever I would click shutdown on the laptop it would go through the shutdown process and then start up again. The same thing happened when I tried to hibernate too!