A browser is a program on your computer, laptop or mobile device which is used to surf the internet. A lot of people think programs like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge or Mozilla Firefox are the internet. These programs are not the internet, but just applications which help you use part of the internet such as accessing websites. As… Read more →
Category: Computer Help in Townsville
Black Screen after a Major Windows Upgrade
Upgrades are a necessary evil for both personal and professional computers, servers and laptops. The reason I say evil, is because for most of us they come at the wrong time, right when we want to restart our computer and do something. There is nothing worse than wanting to start your computer, specially when you are in a hurry and… Read more →
My Computer Is Making Changes All By Itself
Its very easy to think you have been hacked or someone else has used your computers when you see changes to it. Is a possibility, that either someone has been on it or some sort of malicious software has made changes to your computer to hurt you or benefit themselves in someone. However, there are also very different reasons your… Read more →
Moving Mozilla Thunderbird from One Computer to Another
Mozilla Thunderbird is a great free email client which works on Windows, Apple Mac Computer and Linux. The best thing about Mozilla Thunderbird is not only is it free, it also has a been a round a long time (in computer years) and has a massive following, which means it doesn’t look like its going anywhere anytime soon. Because so… Read more →
How to Watch 4k Netflix on your Computer or Laptop
4K cinematography is a technology you can view Netflix Video, with a resolution of around 4000 pixels horizontal screen resolution, giving you a deeply rich and clear picture. But just because a Video is reordered at 4k resolution, doesn’t mean every television or computer/laptop, device or screen can view it at the size. To watch 4K Netflix on your computer… Read more →
Upgrading Windows 10 Home to Pro for Free
Windows 10 is Microsoft latest operating system for personal computers, superseding Windows 8, 7 and and XP to name a few. Your operating system is the environment in which you operate in. One way to look at it is, your operating system is the Earth and your programs are the cities. Your programs sit in your operating system. … Read more →
Adding New Fonts to Wordpress
What is Wordpress Wordpress is an Open Source free Website and content managing system to build websites on. Wordpress is the most used website developer platform in the world ranging from small websites all the was up to the big stuff. The ability to quickly adapt and customise Wordpress quickly has made it the number one platform for most developers.… Read more →
Extracting Photos from Iphoto and Photos on Mac
There has always been fierce debate between Windows and Mac users as to which is the better operating system and which is the easiest to use. I have always used both, so I try and look at it objectively. However, no matter who you talk to someone will always be on one side of the fence. I personally think once… Read more →
Understanding Internet Streaming
Streaming is one of those IT buzz words we are seeing a lot, like “the cloud” or “VPN”. Lots of companies are of offering you different streaming services and its pretty hard to understand what each one is and what they do. Although streaming can be applied to a lot of different internet activities, for the most part it is… Read more →
Common Mistakes When Building a Computer – Part 3
Buying Incompatible Parts It very easy with all the excitement to buy the wrong parts for you new build. Not all CPU’s will work with all computers and motherboards and not all RAM (memory) will either. When buying computer parts to build your own computer it’s very important to research what components will work together. Currently Townsville Nerds does nit… Read more →