It’s best to use the URL in the web address field instead of using a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or Bing to find the address of a website. A URL is the actually address of the website like www.amazon.com or www.facebook.com. To avoid being redirected to a questionable site, avoid typing your search queries into the search engine. However, if you need to search...
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A cookie is a tiny little file that’s stored on your computer. It contains the address of the Web site and codes that your browser sends back to the Web site each time you visit a page there. Cookies don’t usually contain personal information or anything dangerous; they’re usually innocuous and useful, but always surf...
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A virus is a piece of coding or a file that causes harm to your computer’s data or used to carry out criminal activity. Viruses can infect your computer through: Opening an infected email attachment such as a Word or Excel Document and other .exe files Opening an infected file, which could be from a file delivery service like Dropbox or YouSendIt By clicking on a...
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Know that sinking feeling when your computer crashes? That stress of losing all of your music, photos, videos and important files?  Well, don’t let this happen to you!  You can stop worrying about losing any of your  files if you back it all up regularly. Either use some type of cloud service (Carbonite, Mozy, Apple’s iCloud) or an external hard drive.  The...
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Are you having trouble with the trackpad on your Mac laptop? It may not respond, and now you’re frustrated and stuck! With time, as your MacBook ages, the battery can degrade and actually EXPAND, pushing against the trackpad. If the swelling gets worse, it can cause serious damage to your laptop. If you are experiencing issues with your trackpad, or need ANY help...
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Unless brand new, chances are your computer is running slower than it used to. Your computer may be doing things you don’t want it to, or applications and webpages may take forever to load–all common signs that you might need to do a little routine maintenance OR you might require more extensive work. The longer you wait to fix these issues, the slower your...
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BEWARE!! A lot of our customers have been “seduced” into upgrading to Windows 10, and have regretted it! If your computer is more than TWO YEARS OLD, we would strongly discourage the upgrade. We have been restoring dozens of computers BACK in the last few weeks, because of very poor performance on older...
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We all justify at some point to ourselves that we would never be scammed by those lurking the internet because we think we are savvy enough to catch these scams ourselves. However, without proper protection and knowledge, some frauds will find a way to be savvier than you and scam you before you even know it’s a scam! For example, the Tech Support Scam can fool...
Read MoreData is important to any home user or business, and losing it can spell disaster, which is why it is important to always have backups of your files and information! Let’s begin with a simple question: How important your data is to you? Think of all the information you have in your computers: all your databases, spreadsheets, documents, files, projects, emails,...
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Oh no! You’ve just spilled something on your laptop. Whether you put your glass down too close and the cat knocked over your drink onto your laptop, or your “friend” poured his beer into it by accident, you may be frantically reading this article on your phone trying to figure out how to save your valuable laptop from the liquid you or your friend just...
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