Category Archives: IT help

Finding The Right Backup Drive

Posted on December 18, 2013 by itsupportblog

With the holiday season almost upon us, we’ll all be taking photos like there’s no tomorrow. Memories of friends and family getting together are precious, which is why it’s essential you have the right backup drive for your storage needs. … Continue reading →

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Finding the Perfect Printer

Posted on December 11, 2013 by itsupportblog

What type of printer should you buy? Well, that all depends on what you want it for. If it’s for home use, the chances are you won’t be doing a huge amount of printing, but it will vary from printing … Continue reading →

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4 Essential Bookmarks For Every PC User

Posted on August 14, 2013 by itsupportblog

You’ve used computers long enough to know that just when you think every thing’s hunky-dory something usually goes wrong. To make sure you’re ready for (just about) any thing, there are 4 websites that you must have bookmarked so you … Continue reading →

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Help! Blue Screen of Death

Posted on June 12, 2013 by itsupportblog

You’ve been there, working away at your computer to your heart’s content. The report you’ve been writing for the past few days is almost complete. Suddenly everything seems to slow down. Your heart beats faster. Beads of sweat appear on … Continue reading →

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Do You Have Skype Issues?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by itsupportblog

Skype has probably saved most of us a lot of petrol and car miles. It is a fantastic tool that keeps us in touch with customers, colleagues, friends and family all over the world. But what happens when it won’t … Continue reading →

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The 20 Second Wait – A Case Study

Posted on May 29, 2013 by itsupportblog

One of our customers runs peer to peer Ethernet networking using one PC as the master and the others as slaves (where their company documentation was concerned). This worked well, except when saving Microsoft Office documents as it took 20 … Continue reading →

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How to Increase the Life of Your Laptop Battery

Posted on May 15, 2013 by itsupportblog

That’s a question that everyone would like answered. But the sad fact of life is, just like everything else, batteries do wear out eventually and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. But you can delay the inevitable by … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Windows 8 Tips For You

Posted on May 1, 2013 by itsupportblog

Over the past few months, we’ve been offering various tips on getting the most out of Windows 8. It’s so frustrating isn’t it, when you move from an operating system you know well to one that you’re all at sea … Continue reading →

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How to Make Your PC Run Faster

Posted on March 20, 2013 by itsupportblog

Don’t you just hate it when your PC starts to slow down? Rather than sitting there cursing it as you wait for your programmes to load, why not do something about it? It really isn’t that difficult and it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Windows Defender: Uninstall, Disable, Remove and Switch Off

Posted on March 13, 2013 by itsupportblog

Being the safety conscious type, I’m sure you’ve made sure your PC is protected with the latest all singing all dancing anti-malware software. Good for you. But did you realise that Windows Defender is already installed with Windows and is … Continue reading →

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