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Support Sunday: Update Microsoft Software Offline – IT Techie Tips
Feb 7th
It’s a sad sad fact, that there are still many places that do not have a decent broadband connection. Of course, places like Finland, with their 1MB line minimum law, this doesn’t apply to. But for the rest of us – it’s fact!
Many times, when on the road fixing peoples computers, invariably, I have to More >
Support Sunday: How To Set Up And Optimize uTorrent
Dec 27th
Many people use uTorrent and never actually set it up for their type of connection or needs. So here we are going to delve into it in a little detail to get you your way. Hopefully , you will be able to get faster and more reliable results with this information. Bear in mind, it More >
Support Sunday: How To Root Your New HTC Hero Safely And Why You Want To
Dec 21st
I know posts have been a little quiet lately but there is little happening this time of year and I always try to only post relevant news. This however is relevant and important. Many of you are most likely going to unwrap an Android phone this year. And for a couple of days you’ll have More >
Support Sunday: How To Transfer Files From An Old PC
Dec 6th
When you buy a new computer – like I did recently – you’ll want to transfer most of your existing files over to the new computer. A lot of people, who spend their time gathering vacation pictures and family videos, will want to make a big move leaving nearly nothing behind. More >
Support Sunday: Keep Your Drivers Up To Date Easily With Device Doctor
Nov 29th
Do you constantly worry that your device drivers are out of date? Oh wait….that’s just me as a system admin, I worry and check my devices constantly. Network cards, SCSI cards and much much more. Now using a little freeware application called Device Doctor, I can update drivers a little more efficiently and for free.
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Support Sunday: Find Hard Drive Problems Easily With Windows Surface Scanner
Nov 22nd
DTI Data Recovery have made a useful piece of software for investigating hard drive errors. Sometimes when diagnosing your PC for performance issues, there is only so much you can do with tweaks. If the problem is physical.. then you need to get physical and fix it directly. If a hard drive(s) is faulty, then More >
Support Sunday: Dealing With Rootkits Before They Deal With You
Nov 15th
In fighting viruses, malware, trojans and spyware, it’s important to know your enemy. A rookit is your biggest enemy and the hardest to fight. Understanding rootkits are your only hope of ridding your machine of them. They can do an enormous amount of damage. I was about to write a long explanation on this and More >
Support Sunday – Quick Tip: Increase The Speed Of Vista Or 7 On A New Laptop
Nov 8th
Some people don’t realize that when they get their brand new, super fast up to date laptop from the shop, that it is restricted to balanced battery performance. All it takes is a couple of clicks and you re-gain the full potential of the laptop. Its worth noting that this uses more battery power. So, More >
Support Sunday: XP Quick Fix Plus – Easy Fix It Solutions For Windows XP
Nov 8th
I decided to do two Support Sunday slots today. I stumbled across this simple and free piece of software for XP machines. OK, so it wont actually repair a smashed screen that you took your technophobic rage out on. However, it does help to fix those little annoyances in XP, but without having to google More >
Support Sunday: Licence Crawler – Backup Your Licences Before A Reformat
Nov 8th
OK, to kick off our new slot called Support Sunday, that will feature an IT support article every Sunday, so that you don’t have to call the IT guy again, we are looking at Licence Crawler.
Licence Crawler
So you backed up everything on to an external drive or CD’s DVD’s and have your re-installation disks all More >
