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| 2008-07-01
Windows Vista vs XP We Computer Tamers get questions similar to this one often. “I went into a computer store and they told me I can’t get a computer with Windows XP anymore. Is this true?” |
| 2008-06-01
Do I Need a Server? Many business owners and key-managers read my monthly column. How do I know? - They tell me and they often ask this question: Do I need a server in my business? Eastern Connecticut has many small to medium businesses and some are operated from the owner’s home. |
| 2008-05-01
Smart Computing Begins With Backing UP Your Computer! Beep, Beep.... I’m glad you decided to read this article especially if you use a computer. The hard drive is where your important information, pictures and data are stored. Consider this: It is not, IF your hard drive will fail, it is WHEN! |
| 2008-04-01
SLUGGISH COMPUTING - TRY REBOOTING! Now that spring is here and winter is past (hurrah!), computers seem to know that they’ve been overworked during the long and cold winter months. As a “young man’s fancy turns to the ways of love,” with the fresh spring air and budding leaves, our computers seem to grow more unruly with each passing day especially if they’ve been out surfing the Information Super-Highway unprotected and left open for malicious intrusions and attacks. |
| 2008-03-01
Backup Your Computer! This is smart computing! I’m glad you decided to read this article especially if you use a computer. The hard drive is where your important information, pictures and data are stored. The hard drive is called storage. Consider this: It is not, IF your hard drive will fail, it is WHEN! |
| 2008-02-01
Be Smart, Make Your New Computer Safe New computers are the most vulnerable to Internet and email-borne attacks. We Computer Tamers recommend that you buy your new computer from a store similar to ours where their technicians will protect it before you get it. |
| 2008-01-01
IT’S AN EPIDEMIC! POOR SERVICE No so long ago three people stopped by with severe problems with their computer that they purchased from one of the big computer selling companies |
| 2007-12-01
Seven Rules To Follow When Buying a New Computer – [Revised because technology is constantly changing] The holiday season is here and many people buy computers for others and themselves. If you are planning on buying a new computer, take a few minutes and read this article. |
| 2007-08-01
Parents, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Computer Pirates! Some history first - File sharing networks that allow users to share songs, videos, software and any kind of computer files got their start when a college student created a free program called “Napster” back in 1999. Napster allowed the students on campus to quickly search other student’s hard drives for specific songs and to download them once they were found. |
| 2007-07-01
Backup Your Computer! This is smart computing! I’m glad you decided to read this article especially if you use a computer. The hard drive is where your important information, pictures and data are stored. Consider this: It is not, IF your hard drive will fail, it is WHEN! |
| 2007-06-01
Fried Computers Aren’t Good! Use a Power Backup Your computer has an invisible enemy that can cause you frustration... |
| 2007-05-01
Seven Rules to Follow When Buying a New Computer (Revised!) An email from one of our radio listeners asks “I’m thinking of buying a new computer, can you give me some guidance? The ads are confusing and very it is very had to compare.” - (Bill from Lebanon) Bill is just one of the people who have asked us this question; this is one of our most asked questions that we get. “How to Buy a Computer” has been a topic more than once on our radio show. |
| 2007-04-01
Spam Is Unhealthy to Computing! The term spam comes from the 1970 Monty Python sketch in which a café customer is told that it’s impossible to order anything that doesn’t include Hormel’s canned meat product Spam. During the sketch, a chorus of Vikings repeatedly chanted the word “spam,” eventually drowning out the conversation. In the 1980’s, the term was given to “attacks” on electronic bulletin boards and in chat rooms, where a user or a group of users attempted to drown out others by posting.... |
| 2007-03-01
Advice on Taming Your Unruly Computer and Learning More Many small business owners read my monthly column. How do I know? - they tell me and they often ask this question: Do I need a server in my business. Eastern Connecticut has many small businesses and some are operated from the owners’ homes. These businesses form a significant part of the backbone of our local economy. |
| 2007-02-01
Sluggish Computer! - Try Rebooting! Now that spring is here and winter is past (hurrah!), computers seem to know that they’ve been overworked during the long and cold winter months. As a “young man’s fancy turns to the ways of love,” with the fresh spring air and budding leaves, our computers seem to grow more unruly with each passing day especially if they’ve been out on the Information Super-Highway unprotected and left open for malicious attacks. |
| 2007-01-01
Advice on Taming Your Unruly Computer New computes are often the most vulnerable to Internet surfing and email-borne attacks. We Computer Tamers recommend that you buy your new computer from a local sales and service center like ours who protects it before you get it. |
| 2006-12-01
Advice on Taming Your Unruly Computer and Learning More People ask, “My computer is a little over two years old and it has gotten slow. It seems that every day it gets slower. Why?” |
| 2006-11-01
To Save Money Do Regular Computer Maintenance! A listener to our weekly radio help show wrote in asking how often he should do maintenance on his computer. This is a question we get often. |
| 2006-10-01
Making Your New Computer Safe Out of the Box New computers are often the most vulnerable to Internet and email-borne attacks. We Computer Tamers recommend that you buy your new computer from a store similar to ours who protects it before... |
| 2006-09-01
It's an Epidemic! Poor Computer Service. The main complaint is that it takes so long to get the problem they are having with their computer understood by the support person. |
| 2006-08-01
Don't Let Your Computer Get Fried! Absolutely there are going to be summer electrical storms here in New England. The lightening with flash and the thunder will roll across the land. The electricity in the house will flicker on and off. It may even go off totally when... |
| 2006-07-01
Service is the Greatest People will spend time searching for the best deal when it comes to buying a computer for example, but never consider the service and support that they will eventually need from the computer manufacturer. |
| 2006-06-01
Weekly Maintenance Steps to keep your computer running healthy. |
| 2006-05-01
Keeping Your Kids Safe On the Internet How to protect your children on the internet |
| 2006-04-01
Seven Rules To Follow When Buying a New Computer A few rules to following when buying a new computer |
| 2006-03-01
Safe Out Of the Box Why buying a computer from off the shelf stores may not be in your best interest. |
| 2006-02-01
Try the Windows XP Firewall and Some Security Suggestions Protect your computer |
| 2006-01-01
Oh No! Spyware Again! Pop-ups? Unable to change your home page? Computer slowing down? Spyware may be the cause. Check out this article to help explain how to remove it from your computer. |
| 2005-12-01
Making a Recovery Startup Disk What if your PC crashes? Doesn't start up one day? Read this article to minimize your risk of losing your data. |
| 2005-11-01
Control Which Programs Launch at Startup Computer slowing down? Not as fast as it was when you first bought it? Check out this article to see a couple tricks on how to speed things up. |
| 2005-10-01
Try Rebooting! What about all those weird error messages? This article may help you out! |
| 2005-09-01
The Basics of Email Attachments Don't understand how to send or even open one of those attachments? Then check out this article. |
| 2005-08-01
Watch Out for Rebates! Before you go jumping into one of those rebates, check out this article |
| 2005-07-01
Six Rules to Follow when Buying a New Computer Interested in buying a computer? Confused by all the different types of advertising? |