Archive for Helpful Tips
Wireless Routers must be encrypted – Utah Computer Repair – Sandy Utah
You must encrypt your wireless signal so others cannot use it. Recently their have been stories in the news of people getting in trouble with Law Enforcement because their wireless was not encrypted and others were uploading and downloading child porn to the internet without the owners knowing. So this is [...]
Backup your PC – Save Money too – Utah PC Repair – West Jordan, Riverton Utah
Many times when a computer is infected, it must be reformatted. If you have already backed up your computer you will not have to pay the computer store to back it up for you. This will save you money. If your hard drive fails you will be glad you backed [...]
Google Docs – Replaces a Server – Free Emails – Utah Computer Repair – Utah PC Repair
Google docs is free with a gmail account which is also free. Google docs can replace an expensive server and software. For small business it gives you the ability to share calendars, emails and documents. You can be up and running in minutes and completely portable. This [...]
Small Business Computer Usage Policy
Small Business Computer Policies
Many small businesses spend a great deal of money keeping their computers running. Often we are called in because of virus problems and operating system problems that are caused by employees browsing the web and checking email and other personal activities that cause the computer to get infected and worse. [...]
How to buy a new computer
There comes a point when the computer is so old it is not worth fixing. With new computers costing from $300 and up it makes sense to know what your options are. People are always asking me where they should buy a computer and what is a good deal I’d tell [...]
Speech recognition software. Free with Windows.
I needed to do a lot of writing this week so started looking for other options instead of typing. I found that in windows they have a free speech recognition software. If you go to the control panel and click on ease of access and click on start speech recognition it will start [...]
Notebook will not charge, notebook repair up – Utah Computer Repair
If you have a notebook that will not charge the first thing you want to try is taking the battery out and see if it works without the battery. If it’s still not working with the battery removed you should look for another charger and test again. Sometimes chargers go out and a [...]
How to access your wireless router – Utah PC repair
At times you need to access your wireless router. You might need to change the password or setup encryption. To access your wireless router, open Internet explorer and in the address bar type in 192.168.1.1 The Brands of routers have different IP addresses and different username and passwords This is the [...]
Notebook Repair – Reinstall Windows 7 – Utah PC repair
Many people are now buying notebooks and mini PC’s. Most of the computers are being sold today do not come with disks that you can use to Reinstall the operating system. Instead they expect you to create these discs using software that is preinstalled on the computer. I highly recommend that you [...]
Virus infection, slow computers, antivirus
Even though you have an antivirus program you can still get a virus. We are constantly fixing computers that have Norton. Mcafee and other antivirus programs even though they have an antivirus program. You can get a virus by opening links that you don’t know the destination too or by opening attachments that contain [...]