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Young Gun of the Year

Posted on November 30th, 2011 · Posted in Featured

Andrew Dent, from Computer Troubleshooters – Croydon, was excited to receive the 2011 Australian Young Gun Award, at the annual Computer Troubleshooters Australasia computer conference & trade show in Brisbane.. read more

Fraudulent Quickbooks emails

Posted on November 3rd, 2011 · Posted in Email

This afternoon we received the email below from message from Reckon, the company who makes Quickbooks. As my emails are filtered by my ISP, Internode, I didn’t receive the email.. read more

Heated USB Keyboard

Posted on September 21st, 2011 · Posted in Computer Accessories

Some weeks before Fathers Day, my father inlaw and I were on the couch talking about IT Techy type things. He mentioned, that an old laptop he had was still.. read more

Is my email private?

Posted on June 11th, 2011 · Posted in Email, Security

Probably not. No, for most people their email is public. “What! No” I hear you say. “I sent an email to my friend and he deleted it. So I know.. read more

Should I upgrade from Vista to Windows 7?

Posted on May 24th, 2011 · Posted in Windows

Should I upgrade from Vista to Windows 7? Have you or are you experiencing any problems at the moment with Vista? Is your computer running quite slow? If you answered.. read more

How to remember Passwords?……Don’t

Posted on May 9th, 2011 · Posted in Advice, Security

Unfortunately our lives are now full of the need to remember little bits of data called passwords. The need for passwords and pin numbers are everywhere. A lot of websites.. read more

Why upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7?

Posted on April 21st, 2011 · Posted in Advice, Windows

Perhaps a more important question is how old is your PC? If it is older than 4 years, you should be considering what your replacement plan is. Eventually your PC.. read more