Category: Computer Related

Which is the best Antivirus for you

by admin on 28/07/2017 in Antivirus, Backup, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Data Recovery, External Hard Drive, Hard Drive, Malware, Microsoft, Operating System, Pop Ups, Privacy, protection, Recovery, Security, Spyware Removal, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs, Websites, Windows, Windows 10

People ask me all the time which is the best antivirus program for their Microsoft Windows computer. This is probably the hardest question to answer, as there is no one shoe fits all strategy here. There is a clear difference in what anti-viruses corporate businesses should use who host web sites, servers and data sets. But when it comes to… Read more →

How to Boot into Safe Mode with Windows 10

by admin on 20/07/2017 in Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Microsoft, Operating System, Software, Windows, Windows 10

What is Safe Mode Safe Mode is a way to access your Windows based computer when normal start up doesn’t occur because of faults in the system, due to bad updates, viruses or bad configuration etc. Starting your computer in Safe Mode will hopefully give you limited access to your operating system to run diagnosis and make changes and repairs… Read more →

Windows 10 Not Assigning Drive Letters to External Drives Automatically

by admin on 18/07/2017 in Computer Related, Data, Data Recovery, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating System, Ransomware, Technology, Windows, Windows 10

With every Windows 10 update there are a lot of improvements. Not just features, but also little bug which annoy people. But for someone reason this little persistent one keeps sticking around. Usually it just works. You plug your external USB or hard drive into your computer and Windows 10 automatically makes it show up in your computer with a… Read more →

Windows 10 Disk Usage

by admin on 03/07/2017 in Antivirus, Bloatware, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating System, Security, SSD, Technology, Update, Upgrade, Windows, Windows 10

Windows 10 has been around for a while now and we can assume all this time a lot of the bugs will have sorted out. Although having the Windows 10 operating system on your computer or laptop is proving to have a lot of security benefits, we still seem to be having the constant problems we had a lot of… Read more →

Alternative Web Browsers

by admin on 26/06/2017 in Ad Blockers, Advertising, Browser, Chrome, Computer Related, Encryption, Google, Internet, Internet Explorer, Security

Computing has changed over the years. I remember when it use to take a few minutes for an image to load and there was no internet banking or social networking. Now everything is instant, or pretty close to it; we do a lot more on our computers and internet, using multiple services, multiple applications and multiple web browsers all at… Read more →

June 23th Updates, Upgrade and Latest

by admin on 22/06/2017 in Computer Related, Firefox, Internet, Linux, NBN

Debian 9 This is week saw the latest instalment of the much anticipated Linux distribution Debian (9) ‘Stretch’. Debian named after its created Ian and then girlfriend Debbie is one of the oldest and most stable Linux distributions used and loved by millions of people and company who use it for everything from servers to desktop operating systems. Debian developers… Read more →

Dropbox vs Onedrive vs Google Drive

by admin on 20/06/2017 in Android, Backup, Cloud, Computer Related, Data, Data Recovery, Google, Internet, Mac, Macbook, Network, Operating System, Secure, Software, Townsville, Townsville Computer Repairs

Most of us have probably heard of one of these services. With the race being on for who will be the most superior cloud storage provider, it is hard to know which services are legitimate, and what has to offer. This post hopes to provide some insight as to what these services are and what each can provide to help… Read more →

Antivirus Phone Number

by admin on 14/06/2017 in Antivirus, Browser, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Hackers, Hacks, Operating System, Passwords, Pop Ups, protection, Ransomware, Scam, Spyware Removal, Technician, Virus, Web Browser, Websites, Windows, Windows 10

This post is about another scam going around hitting a lot of people in Townsville. It comes in many different colours and skins, but it all amounts to the same thing. Getting you to pick up the phone and give your credit card details to someone who is not a real antivirus company and who will install software on your… Read more →

Stop Websites Asking to Show Notifications

by admin on 11/06/2017 in Ad Blockers, Browser, Chrome, Computer Related, Desktop, Facebook, Google, Internet, Internet Explorer, Microsoft

It feels like just about every website I go to these days asks me if I would like to allow notifications. On the Internet views are everything to websites, specially ones trying to sell you something. You view is valuable to them even after you have left. Thats why they want you to allow notification from them, so every time… Read more →