This month we return to the subject of backups. There are so many people that simply do not look after their data properly and end up losing it because they just haven’t taken the time to back it up. There are even more that “think” that they back up their data, however when it comes to the crunch their well‐laid plans fail because of an identifiable flaw in their backup solution. Read this entire article »
I am regularly asked about how to take backups, I guess it’s something that we all know we should do but it’s one of those things that we never really get around to doing. The long and the short of it is if you don’t have your important data in two or more places then you don’t really have it at all. I’m not scared mongering here, it’s not unusual for computer hard drives to simply fail, for them to become corrupted or infected by a virus or for a computer to be stolen. Now, while I would wish this on none of you, I do see it happening to people up and down the Costa on a daily basis and most of them unfortunately have not taken the time to do a backup. Read this entire article »
I can do so much to keep your computer safe and free from problems, but there is also a lot that you can do yourself to help keep your computer running in tip top condition, this month we cover a few of the simple things that you can do to help yourself. Read this entire article »
Firstly a quick reminder that we have changed our office phone number. We had a number of customers tell us that they could not get through to our old “700” number so we have changed it to the number that you see at the bottom of this page – 902 906 200. Read this entire article »
What makes computers “go” fast depends on a number of factors – the processor, the available space on your hard drive and to a lesser extent its fragmentation percentage as well as the amount of RAM (random access memory) that you have available for your system to use. This month we will look at each of these and try to figure out why your computer is not running as quickly as you would like it to. Read this entire article »
All change…. Over the past month or so there have been a number of important updates for a few key products that you guys may use; so this month I thought I would take some time to review them – apologies for the small type, lots to cram in! Read this entire article »
Hello again, welcome to the second computer article sponsored by BlueMoon Solutions — www.bluemoonsolutions.es
Thanks for all your emails, I will do my best to incorporate the topics you have requested over the coming months; please continue to send your requests for subjects you want to be covered to jungledrums@bluemoonsolutions.es Read this entire article »
Hi, my name is Richard. Welcome to the first computer column sponsored by www.bluemoonsolutions.es – I hope you had a thoroughly relaxing Christmas free from technical problems.
First, a little about me and why I feel qualified to talk to you about technical matters. Before moving to Gran Alacant in October, I was a manager and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), for a large IT outsourcing company. Read this entire article »