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 →
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Linux Mint
As Linux is becoming more popular, so am I making more posts about it. For anyone who doesn’t know, Linux is an Operating System like Windows (an environment for you applications and programs to live in). Unlike Windows however, Linux is totally free and comes in hundreds of different version made from many different organisations, people and company’s. Linux is… Read more →
What are Network Shares
With every new Operating System becoming easier and easier to do things, network sharing is becoming increasingly more popular. You may have heard the term before and not really understood what it is, and if you have and media devices around your house, you might already be using it and not know it. In its essence network shares are files… Read more →
Moving Outlook Between Computers
Email can be a very tricky subject. When we talk about email we are referring to something very simple such as a text which appears on our screen, with some images and maybe attachments. It all seems straight forward and from behind the scenes it really is. But where it gets complicated is the type of email you are using,… Read more →
Windows 10 Free Upgrade Loophole
Its been a long time coming but as of the last day in July 2016 Microsoft are no longer offering Windows 10 as a free upgrade to most Windows 8, 8 and 8.1 users. What seems kind of counterintuitive because Microsoft wants people to use Windows 10 seem weird they would put a shelf life on when you had the… Read more →
What is a Raspberry Pi
At Townsville computer repairs Nerds we always like it when we can introduce new and innovative products which are fun for our customers and don’t cost a lot of money. We are asked a lot what is the cheapest computer our customers can buy? I want to introduce to you the Raspberry Pi. Even though at this point in time it does… Read more →
Anti-Ransomware is here
For anyone who uses their computer for work, school or even just for fun, having a virus or your computer can be one of the most annoying things on your computer you will even have to deal with. Viruses destroy your computer, Adware advertises to you, Spyware spy’s on you, but what does Ransomware do? Ransomware is a whole new… Read more →
Running Windows on your Mac Computer
Microsoft Windows is an Operating System, not a computer program or application. It is the environment your PC users to navigate around in and access your programs, files, drives and applications. Most PC’s use some version of the Windows operating system such as Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or the new Windows 10. But every day more and more people are… Read more →
Windows is not updating
With so many different programs on your computer, all completing for your attention an all wanting to do something, it is sometimes hard to keep track of whats needs your time. Windows Updates are one of those important things which get forgot about often, but it doesn’t make them any less important. When companies like Microsoft release large software packages… Read more →
OS X El Capitan Part 2
Delete files permanently Another great feature I am quite happy with since my upgrade to El Capitan is the ability to be able to delete file premaritally straight away. With the earlier versions of OS X, like Microsoft Windows the user would have to delete the file which really moved it to the recycle bin and then empty it. With El… Read more →