Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

How To Clean Your Monitors

Warm water and a clean cloth. No window cleaners. We see so many damaged computer screens while we’re out in the field working on computers. Often times it’s the result of the owners using harsh chemicals that are totally unnecessary when it comes to removing dust or finger prints from the screen.

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Social Networking Sites and Your Privacy

Many of our clients use Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. with two huge misconceptions: “My page or my ‘space’ belongs to me.” This is totally false. It belongs to the company whose service you’re using. They own the site, they own/rent the servers and essentially they own any and all material that you share on it. [...]

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IE6 Users – Upgrade Your Browsers

A common worry we see out in the field is people using outdated web browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Here are our top 3 reasons that you should upgrade an outdated browser: Security – Old versions contain many holes enabling nasty sites and scripts to infect your PC with relative ease. Speed – [...]

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Privacy & Protection with Firewalls

If you’re using Windows Firewall on your PC – always my sure it is enabled.  This specific customer had it disabled which led to access to his machine through many ports from unwelcome guests. To make sure your firewall is enabled – check the settings by going to your control panel. Here’s a short tutorial [...]

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