Reports of the decline in PC sales have been circulating for some time now, particularly in the desktop arena, and we are now hearing of similar slow downs in the smartphone and tablet market. I guess all these competing platforms are dividing the market share […]
2-in-1 PCs: The next Big Thing? Read More »
You know that old saying… “I thought I’d seen everything” As any computer repairer/technician will attest, computer users and what they can manage to do to their machines never ceases to amaze. I’ve come across some pretty strange happenings in my time, real head scratchers,
9008 Infections on a Single Laptop – World Record? Read More »
A few weeks ago we published an article describing what sort of security arrangements are being utilized by the DCT Team, catch up that article here: PC Security: What does the DCT Team Use? This time, we’ve asked them to tell us about their own
Computer Specs: What the DCT Team Uses & Why Read More »
Deleting the Paging File Causes Slow Shutdown I’ve have had my share of problems with my computers over the years. I have had two problems recently. First, a minor one, my Windows 7 desktop would take a long time to shutdown. It turns out it’s
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Too many times people have brought their computers to me after losing all their photos, documents, etc., due to a crashed hard drive.. You cannot have too many backups! The ultimate backup is creating full system images, for which I use Macrium Reflect: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx. Or
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When you first start up your computer you go to the logon screen where you put in your password to start up Windows. If you’re tired of seeing the same old background image at that point, it’s possible to change that using a program called
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I’m not even sure you want to hear about my own personal PC trials and tribulations, you probably go through enough of your own. However, I’m going to relate this tale anyway, simply because I want to and can. And, you never know, someone just
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Programs such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware free are all well and good for cleaning malware infections provided you can access and use the operating system, but what about a machine which is so heavily infected the operating system won’t load or, if it does, is not
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Just recently I upgraded my Windows 8.1 system to Windows 10 and things did not go smoothly. This is a very new machine, only 4 weeks old, so hardware incompatibilities were pretty much ruled out. Besides, the ‘Get Windows 10’ notification assured me of full
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Forgot your email password? So many clients that I work with misunderstand email passwords and how they are created. When I ask them… “what’s your email password“, the two most common answers are… “I don’t have an email password” or “wouldn’t have a clue”. This
Find Your Email Password(s) with “MailPassView” Read More »
