Archive for May, 2008
Posted on May 30, 2008. Filed under: Service Alert | Tags: Cambridge, FireFox, Flash Player, Guelph, Internet Explorer, Kitchener, Opera, Safari, Service Alert, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, web browsers |
Dear client,
The following is a SERVICE ALERT regarding a recent Flash Player exploit that may impact the security of your computer usage.
Many web sites serve video or other animation graphics using Flash. Because of the wide spread use of Flash to serve video content it is highly recommended to update your Flash Player at your [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008. Filed under: Hardware, Software, Trends | Tags: Avast, AVG, Cambridge, computers, computing, Free Antivirus Software, Guelph, Kitchener, Money, Norton 360, Online Backup, Online-transaction Security Tools, Power Outages, Remote Backup, Resources, Time, Waterloo, Waterloo Region |
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What would you guys recommend? I am looking for an Antivirus/Internet Security that backups up my important documents online because I live in an area where power blackouts occur all the time I also need something that protects my identity because I do a great deal of online banking. I only know of one [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008. Filed under: Software | Tags: annoying software, Antivirus, Bell, Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Norton, Rogers, Symantec, Symantec Products Norton Antivirus Family, Sympatico, Waterloo, Waterloo Region |
I have a low opinion of Norton Antivirus (NAV) and the family of products that Symantec produces. Time and time I do service calls and find this insidious software residing when it is APPARENTLY removed…
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Posted on May 20, 2008. Filed under: Consulting, Hardware, Software | Tags: advice, back up, best practices, Cambridge, computer, Consulting, Cruzer, failure, Guelph, hard drive, Kitchener, SanDisk, success, system, Vista, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Windows XP |
…your computer may fail.
I had the privilege of having a client that was interested in best practices and I created a document for his use and today I got the call…the call that I am sure my clients dread to make.
‘My computer was making a funny noise and when I went to boot it up [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2008. Filed under: Trends | Tags: AOL Canada Inc., Bell Sympatico, Cambridge, Canadian Association of Internet Providers, cost, Execulink, Guelph, internet neutrality, ISP, Kitchener, MTS Allstream Canada Inc., Rogers, Sentex, traffic shaping, Waterloo, Waterloo Region |
A previous post outlined what traffic shaping is and some of my thoughts on it and I thought I would update you on some news…
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Posted on May 16, 2008. Filed under: Software | Tags: assistance, Cambridge, computers, computing, computing help, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Windows Update, Windows XP Service Pack 3 |
In a previous post I outlined some important things to do BEFORE attempting the installation of the service pack. Good idea of me to follow my own advice…
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Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Service Bulletin, Software | Tags: 7.5, 8.0, anti, anti-virus, AVG, AVG 7.5, Cambridge, computers, Consulting, Guelph, Kitchener, Software, virus, Waterloo, Waterloo Region |
As was indicated in an email sent to my clients AVG 7.5 support is ending and the replacement software is AVG 8.x. Click on More for the Service Bulletin.
The program file is available here.
The manual is available here.
The instructions are available here.
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Posted on May 8, 2008. Filed under: General | Tags: Cambridge, Email, Guelph, Hotmai, Kitchener, not working, Reliant PC Consulting, Sympatico, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Windows Live |
Hotmail was down for at least 18 hours starting sometime Wednesday morning. It was slow to render the main page and would not load. So your intrepid Consultant wrote Hotmail “support”:
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Posted on May 8, 2008. Filed under: Software | Tags: Cambridge, Clipmate Clipboard Extender, copy, cut, Guelph, Kitchener, paste, utility, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Windows Vista, Windows XP |
I used to use this software way back in the Windows 3.x era when I was at the University of Waterloo. This handy little utility extends the capabilities of the Window copy, paste, and cut commands quite dramatically and if you want to KEEP data that you copy from other programs this little peice of [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008. Filed under: Software | Tags: Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Outlook Express, Reliant PC Consulting, SP3, update, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Windsow XP |
Updates…
Windows XP SP3 Released.
After a delay Windows XP SP3 have been released. I am planning to do a trial installation with one of my computers and will report about the process to you.
For reference this is the page that offers the two methods of installing the service pack: by Windows/Microsoft Update or software package (i.e. [...]
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