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Escape the Phishing Hook!
We often get super slow or frozen computers checked in, brought by upset clients who had googled for telephone computer support. Some had paid money for some kind of clean-up or security tool, and several were worried that crucial data had been stolen. Some clicked on...
How to Clean Your Desktop Keyboard
Believe me – at least once in awhile you should clean your keyboard. Especially when you had a cold or spilled some food onto it. I turned my external keyboard over lately and a ton of crumbs and other stuff landed on my desk.
Case Study: The Nightmare Power Jack
Our notebook guru, Steve Yocum, sees a lot of broken power jacks. Most of the time this essential little component breaks from shoving the adapter in the wrong way, tripping over the cord, or moving the notebook while it’s still hooked up. But the problem is that the...
How to Turn Off Hibernation and Sleep Mode
Once in a while we get a computer in that would not turn on anymore. It turned out that windows did not wake up anymore from hibernation or sleep mode. That is why we recommend to disable hibernation and even sleep-mode.
Internet Safety and Children
Today’s children are internet natives who often run circles on their computers and smartphones around their grandparents, and sometimes their parents, too. It is definitely not easy for parents to encourage their kids to use but not abuse technology and its possibilities.
Ransomware
Be aware of Ransom-ware. You might not have heard about this breed of viruses that get into your computer. And there’s a new computer virus out that can even encrypt your data files.
