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Computer Cleaning Tips

Blog Home General Cleaning Tips Below is a listing of suggestions to follow when cleaning any computer components or peripherals as well as tips to help keep a computer clean. Never spray or squirt any liquid onto any computer component. If a spray is needed, spray the liquid onto a cloth. You can use a…

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Always Use Your Laptop on a Hard Surface!!

Blog Home Always Use Your Laptop on a Hard Surface…  Laptops generate heat. A lot of heat. Processors are more power efficient than ever before, and overall heat has gone down, but a laptop will still become warm to the touch if stressed. This heat must be expelled by a fan, and that fan vent…

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Tips For Preventing Computer Viruses

Blog Home Tips For Preventing Computer Viruses For a quick summary of how to prevent computer viruses from infecting your devices: Always have a backup. Should the worst happen, nothing can get you back up and running faster than having a backup of all your critical files & programs. Before anything else, ensure you have…

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Do NOT let an unknown caller remote into your computer!

I’ve been getting reports that there is a scam going on where a person calls your number and tries to sound like they are part of the Microsoft team. They will inform you that your system is highly infected. They will try to get you to turn it on so they can remote into your…

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HOW TO ENABLE F8 SAFE MODE BOOT MENU IN WINDOWS 10 | 11

Blog Home HOW TO ENABLE F8 SAFE MODE BOOT MENU IN WINDOWS 10 | 11 I get asked all the time if it’s possible to re-enable the “F8” Boot Menu on computers that are running Windows 10 | 11… The answer is YES… But inherently Microsoft has deactivated the “F8” Boot Menu (which has made…

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