First off, if you don’t know what it means, SSD stands for Solid State Drive. The biggest bottleneck in any computer these days is your hard drive. We have fast CPU’s, lots of RAM, and the other technical terms you might not understand are all increased. But hard drives still spin at a maximum 7,200 RPM …
NOTE: This is an old set of instruction from AVG. Now Avast bought out AVG so please see here for new instructions This article was written specifically for our clients that use AVG CloudCare managed virus protection which has a firewall built in. As of this article, we can not remotely managed your firewall settings, …
This kb article from Microsoft kb 2199226 shows exactly why it is important to save your important Outlook contacts in your address book properly rather than just rely on the false pretense that they are safe in the autocomplete forever. They are temporary, not permanent and if you read the kb article carefully you’ll see …
If you have upgraded to Windows 10 there’s something you might want to consider adjusting right away to avoid potential problems and reboots at inappropriate times. There are three settings all in the same place which you want to make as per the image below. Change the first option from “Automatic (Recommended)” to “Notify to …
Many people when purchasing just about anything, including items other than computers or electronics, are so focused on the price, that they don’t truly look at what they are getting for the price. Sometimes I hear “I could get a new computer for that price”. I say “what kind of computer would you get for that …
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 …
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 …
