Ken Higgins is a business owner. He owns and runs Discount Storage. Like me he lives in beautiful, exotic Leicester. However, Discount Storage is located in Anchorage, Alaska. While he faces many challenges being so far from his business, PC support isn’t one of them! When they need help in Anchorage they call me and […]
Never Too Old To Tech!
Jim Haslam is a monthly plan customer of mine. He lives in Cary, NC. He has a PC, a laptop, a Kindle, an android phone and installed his own Chromecast. He’s also pretty darn good at Photoshop. Jim is 85. A former Marine Gunnery Sergeant, he brings a take-no-prisoners attitude to life as well as […]
Adblock Plus – remove most annoying web ads
Adblock Plus – remove most annoying web ads from websites and YouTube videos! And it’s FREE! I’ve used AdBlock Plus since 2010 to remove annoying ads and popups from websites I visit. It makes sites load faster. I especially like the ads removed from YouTube videos! You can download it here – https://www.adblockplus.org/ . Facebook […]
Photoscape – free photo editing for mere mortals
Adobe Photoshop is the gold standard for image editing. But it can have a large learning curve and is overkill for most of the editing you probably want to do. And it’s expensive. Photoscape is free, easy to use and chock full of cool features like screen capture and animated GIF creation. I use it […]
Have you cut the cord?
I cancelled cable TV in 2005. The only service I buy is internet from Charter. $59.99 for a 64 Mbps connection which is faster than average but I’m a speed freak. For 10 years I’ve used services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, along with dozens of other sites to watch shows online. And I […]
LibreOffice – FREE Microsoft Office compatible alternative
Need to create a resume? Use an Excel spreadsheet someone sent you? Create a dynamite presentation? But you don’t have Microsoft Office? LibreOffice lets you do all of this and more. It can read/write MS Office document formats so you can read/edit them w/o having to import them. It’s comparable to MS Office for Home […]
Windows Updates – Just Do It!
We all hate it. You’re in a hurry. You go to shut down your PC/laptop and get the cursed “Preparing to install updates”. But this is important. Hackers are finding ways to circumvent security in Windows all the time. For your identity’s sake you need to keep your system up to date. So let Windows […]
Do you have Superfish?
There has been a lot of press lately about Superfish. I don’t mean whopper trout or bass in your pond but the malicious adware that can cause popups and obnoxious ads in your browsers. It can also intercept data like YOUR BANKING LOGINS! The stories have focused on how Lenovo, usually a top 3 computer […]
Is your anti-virus s/w expired?
Is your anti-virus s/w expired? Here is a horror story about a WVA small business that had its data held for ransom – Malware Attack Seizes Business Owner’s Files Don’t let this happen to you! I’ve worked with several people who have had their data held for ransom and it is a horrible experience from […]
Windows 10 Sneak Preview – The Spartan Browser
With the upcoming introduction of Windows 10, Microsoft has announced the end of Internet Explorer. Windows 10 uses a new browser code named Spartan. It will be the default browser moving forward. IE 11 will be available in Windows 10 to support legacy sites and applications. Microsoft will continue security updates for IE 11 through […]
