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The APC 1000VA Power Saving Green Back-UPS XS – with LCD Display

jcollison — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:29:46 +0000

A UPS is a device that you don’t know you need, until you need it. A UPS or uninterruptible power supply is an in house battery back up that provides … Read the rest

How to Configure Windows 7 Updates

Brian — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:02:21 +0000

If you’ve been a Windows user since XP, you probably know the importance of keeping the OS up-to-date. If you’re new to Windows or more specifically Windows 7, here we’ll … Read the rest

Windows Multipoint Server 2011 beta

Diehard — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:27:02 +0000

November 13,2010

I’ve been having a look at Windows Multipoint Server 2010 this week.

Sean Daniel released a slide deck for SMBNation Presentations on Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials … Read the rest

Having Issues with Your Windows PC? (Who Hasn’t!) Here Are Some Helpful Tips

jcollison — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:25:00 +0000

If you are having trouble finding your way through computer problems, you are not alone. Fortunately, there is help! Microsoft has a very well done site that is dedicated to … Read the rest

Worried about PC Security? 2 Things You Should Do Right Now! (and they are free!)

jcollison — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:18:00 +0000

It seems like it comes in waves and this week has been one of those waves!

Since I often fix broken PCs for people, I see it all. Lately, I … Read the rest

Upcoming Saturday Super Seminars at SLCC! Bullet Proof Your Home PC / Protecting Your Family on the Web

jcollison — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:09:00 +0000

Our church, Shadow Lake Community Church, is once again offering free seminars for all those interested on Saturday morning, September 12, 2009. SLCC is located at 1510 Papillion Drive, … Read the rest

Worried About Losing Your Hard Drive to Fire? Worry No Longer!

jcollison — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:37:00 +0000

What is your worst nightmare? Public speaking? Getting married? Nude in public?

Mine is losing all my data that is stored on my Windows Home Server to a fire. I … Read the rest

K9 and OpenDNS – A Bullet Proof Vest For You and Your PC!

jcollison — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:39:00 +0000

If you are anything like me (and thank God most of you are not!) you don’t really need another reason to protect your kids (or yourself!) from the more “interesting” … Read the rest

Worried about the Conficker Virus? 2 Second Test Will Tell!

jcollison — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:53:00 +0000

So April 1st came and went with out much hassle for the much talked about Conficker virus. That doesn’t mean it’s dead, as some 4% of the worlds PC are … Read the rest

A Helpful Microsoft Tool You Have Never Heard Of – The Malicious Software Removal Tool

jcollison — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Having trouble with a slow computer? Things not running right on your PC? Here is another unknown tool from Microsoft that you can use to help speed things up when … Read the rest

The new breed of computer security problems…Scareware!

jcollison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:44:00 +0000

From http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2617 Click to read.

Many of you have already seen this type of scam or had it happen to you personally. A window pops up telling you that … Read the rest

New Windows Worm Hits More Than 8 Million PCs Worldwide. It’s Not Where You Think!

jcollison — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:29:00 +0000

A new Windows worm, known as Downadup, is running free globally and F-Secure has estimated that within the last 2 weeks, it has infected well over 8 million PCs. … Read the rest

New Security Tool to Help You Fight the Bad Guys! – Malwarebytes

jcollison — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:44:00 +0000

I came across a posting over at zerosource.org that peeked my interest. It is new security tool called Malwarebytes (available from http://www.malwarebytes.org/) that according to the site:

“can identify
… Read the rest