Don’t Risk Loosing All Your Data Your data on your computer are the files and for most people the are the files they need the most such as work information, tax, family photos, movies and documents. All this type of data, unless you backup, is on your computers hard drive. When people have a problem with their computer, their priority… Read more →
Category: Windows XP
Windows 10 Updates Have Killed My Computer
Keeping your computer up to date is one of the most important things you can do on your laptop or desktop machine. Updates not only help keep your computer safer and fix vulnerabilities or holes, but keep your computer running at optimal performance with software, hardware and operating system enhancements. In a nutshell Windows operating system updates and upgrades are… Read more →
My Computer is Using Lots of RAM – Memory
RAM (Random-Access Memory) is temporary storage on your computer, which it uses to run tasks open or in the background of your computer. Unless hard drive storage which actually stores files on your computer such as programs, files, documents and pictures, RAM loads files used by your computer from the hard drive into is memory while you are using it.… Read more →
Signs Your Computer Might Be Hacked – Part 2
Ransomware and Demands Ransomware is a newer type of virus which infects your computer and infiltrates your system holding your data and files hostage until you pay their demand. They do this by encrypted your data, usually documents and photos making inaccessible to you, with the promise of decrypting in back to readable once you have paid the ransom. However,… Read more →
When Things Don’t Open On Your Computer
One of the most common phones calls we get is from people calling in and saying things are not opening on their computer. Or, either they do open and it is very slow to do so. This can be a very broad subject that involves many different parts of your computer. Fortunately when things are not opening properly, it usually… Read more →
Laptop Wont Turn On
Laptops or notebook computers are a fantastic way to do every day computing, and a great way to do things on the go. You can almost do just about everything on a laptop that you can do on a desktop computer. Most computer gamers and video editors will us e a desktop computer, but they can even do these hardware… Read more →
Computer Screen Flickering
One very annoying computer problem is when your screen starting flickering. Sometimes it does this as soon as you turn it on, other times it can happen after it has been running for a while. Maybe you have noticed it is getting worse overtime you use your machine, maybe one day you turned it on and you cant see anything… Read more →
Unexpected Reboots
Not to be confused with resetting your computer (whipping it and setting it back to like the day you got it) rebooting is simply the process of of your computer being turned off and then back on again (booting up). Sometimes you just need to reboot your computer. Whether you have just installed some new software, there is a fault… Read more →
Try Task Manager to Diagnose Problems
When customers call me and tell me something is wrong with their computer, i always ask them what is happening? Most times it is even hard for the customer to explain what is going wrong. Most people know something is not right, but they cant quite put their finger on what it is. Whether your computer is running slow, certain… Read more →
Windows Laptops & Desktops
Whether you have a Windows Laptop or Desktop we can help. Microsoft have released many operating systems over the years, but Townsville Nerds are proficient and experienced in all Microsoft Operating systems. Read more →