AVG is pretty awesome, but why force the Zen on every install of AVG free edition? Many people just have a single computer to manage and don’t want Zen getting in the way as an extra program, no only to download and install but the shortcut that gets created on the desktop is Zen, which …
Most of you by now must have either experienced this if not heard someone who has, where you will get a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft or your phone provider, etc. See my previous article: Calls-from-microsoft-about-computer-problems-phone-scam/ Now that consumers have gotten educated and know better (most of you at least), there is a new …
Microsoft Office being the leading Office suite package for both Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac computers, it’s good to know the differences so when you are looking to buy an Office suite, you purchase the right one. Every few years we get a new Office suite, but they still have the same packages as we …
PLEASE READ ENTIRE INSTRUCTIONS OR YOUR VOTE MAY NOT COUNT The time has come to once again vote for your favorite business in the Markham Economist and Sun’s Readers Choice Awards. It’s in the Markham Economist newspaper as of Thursday October 22nd, 2015 on page 27. You can fill out the paper or do it …
Did you know that about 17% of PC’s have no virus protection in 2012 according to McAfee & in November 2014 about 10% of Windows 8 computers were running expired virus protection? Aside from these numbers, let’s assume you know for a fact you have a valid working anti-virus installed on your computer, it’s up …
Microsoft Windows 10 looks pretty awesome, but unfortunately they put a security hole in here thinking it’s convenient for us. Unfortunately, people forget that the easier it is for you, the easier it is for hackers. In this case, they don’t need to be much of a hacker if you’re willingly giving them your Wi-Fi …
By now you may have noticed a little white Windows logo down by your time on the task bar. If you haven’t it looks like this image below. It’s not a hoax or virus, you can click on it to read the offer. If you click on it you will see (as per …
Backing up your data is critical and besides doing a manual copy and paste of your data from all the various locations, you can program Cobian Backup on what to backup and how to backup. Once it’s programed the rest is easy. You can have it on a schedule but you need to ensure your …
Are you doing a “True” backup? What’s a “True” backup? Many people don’t backup at all which is mind blowing, because I do a lot of data recoveries and when I have to repair computers I ask when the last backup was done and it’s either a very long time or never. But there are …
Many people want to get a computer and hope it will last forever. The truth is the maximum support life you can get out of any computer, assuming you purchased it from the initial release date, is 10 years. That’s 5 years mainstream support plus an additional 5 years extended support. After that, your computer …
