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What’s Blocking My Internet

by admin on 06/12/2017 in Bigpond, Broadband, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Desktop, DNS, Internet, Internet Explorer, LAN, Laptop, Macbook, Malware, NBN, Network, Pop Ups, Ransomware, Router, Server, Spyware Removal, Townsville, Virus, WAN, Web Browser, Websites, Wireless

No body likes slow internet. But yet, even with the massive amounts of money being spent on technology, communications the NBN etc. Are lot of us are still getting slow internet. But even though its easy to just blame the telecommunications companies, its not always there fault. The first thing you need to do when you have slow internet on… Read more →

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5 Things You Never New Windows 10 Could Do

by admin on 29/11/2017 in Annoying, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Hard Drive, HDD, Internet, LAN, Macbook, Microsoft, Network, networking, OSX, Screen, Smartphone, Technician, Technology, Townsville, Wifi, Windows, Windows 10, Wireless

We all use Windows for a lot of basic things like checking emails, writing documents, research, playing games or just surfing the web. But there are tonne of other things Windows 10 can do you probably didn’t know about. I know what you are thinking’ it’s going to be totally geeky stuff, only Townsville computer nerds are going to want… Read more →

Opera Browser Free VPN

by admin on 24/11/2017 in Computer Related, Encryption, Internet, Network, Server, Townsville, Utorrent, VPN

What is Opera Opera is a very old (in terms of internet) web browser which a lot of people started using back in the mid 90’s. I never personally started using it until about 1997, but i use to really like it because at the time it was really innovative and cutting edge. Over the years Opera got left behind… Read more →

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Recovering Data Off Laptop With Broken Screen

by admin on 10/11/2017 in Backup, Computer Related, Damage, Data, Data Recovery, Hard Drive, Hardware, Laptop, Mac, Macbook, Screen, SSD, Technician, Townsville

Just because you have a broken screen or your computer is not turning on, doesn’t mean you have to loose all your precious data such as emails, word documents, PDF’s, photos, music and movies. A lot of the time it is simply not worth repairing your computer. If the costs are too high to repair your computer, we let you… Read more →

ADSL Keeps Disconnecting and Slow

by admin on 25/10/2017 in ADSL, Bigpond, Broadband, Computer Help in Townsville, Computer Related, Internet, Modem, NBN, Router, Stability, Technology, Wifi, Wireless, WLAN

What is ADSL ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and before NBN (National Broadband Network) was the standard by which internet was measured by. Up until that point, there was only the old slow dial up internet available to the public and even though the technology is old now, it is still fast enough for most people to be… Read more →

Understand Website Basics

by admin on 13/08/2017 in Computer Related, Google, Internet, Townsville, Web Browser, Websites

Townsville Nerds have been building websites since the mid 90’s. While I was studying education and James Cook University, one of our subjects was computing in education. This was all during the very early stages of the internet. That class included a broad overall the computer industry and one of the new technologies everyone was talking about then was the… Read more →

Easy Way to Transfer files from Computer to Phone

by admin on 09/08/2017 in Computer Related, Websites, Wifi, WLAN

With so many different kinds of phones, software and manufactures it can sometimes be a total pain to do something as simple as transferring some files like a photos from your computer to phone. Each phone usually has its own sort of software for recovering data from your phone to computer, or saving files from your phone to an external… 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 →

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 →

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