A customer came into Dave’s Computer store this week asking about their internet connection and why they couldn’t connect. We had an in-depth discussion about what could be wrong and all the steps the customer could take to remedy the situation. It was quite difficult to do as troubleshooting internet connections is one of those … Read more
Microsoft Outlook is very good at what it does but what if you don’t need the entire Office suite? Outlook isn’t a standalone product so if you don’t have a copy of Office or Office 365, you don’t get to use it. The good news is that you can transfer your emails across from Outlook … Read more
There is no doubt that we are gradually becoming more plugged into the internet. The rise of mobile ownership, tablets and the emergence of the Internet of Things has meant most homes now have a wireless network and multiple devices connecting to it. If you want to build a network for your home, which is … Read more
While there are many email clients available across operating systems, Outlook is the most popular by a large margin. Available as part of Microsoft Office 2016 or Office 365, Outlook is powerful, easy to use and can be rolled out to large numbers of users at a time. This week’s computer repair post is all … Read more
If you play games or use graphically intensive programs, the graphics card in your computer is the key to everything. It is the primary component that influences how detailed and how smooth your visual experience will be. Upgrading a graphics card isn’t cheap so knowing what to look for when you go shopping is paramount. … Read more
Not being able to send and receive emails in Outlook is one of the most common problems our remote support specialists have to contend with. All businesses and most home users rely completely on email to communicate and be productive and any disruption to it can have serious repercussions. Or at the least be very … Read more
If you’re into computer games, you will likely have a Steam account and a few Steam games installed into your computer. What happens to those games if you upgrade your computer or need to replace the hard drive? This is a question that we had to answer this week with a customer in our New … Read more
Whenever you use or create an email address in Microsoft Outlook, all the data within that email account is contained within a .pst (Personal Folders file). This is a database-type file that Outlook uses to keep everything organized. An .ost, Outlook Data File is essentially a mirror of your Exchange mailbox held locally on your … Read more
Here at Dave’s Computers, we perform data recovery for all kinds of customers in all sorts of situations. One conversation I had last week with someone whose laptop hard drive had stopped working was about the dos and don’ts of data loss. When a drive fails, what should a user do and what should they … Read more
With data and data loss being in the news a lot over the past week, I think now is a good time to run over the major causes of data loss and what we can do to mitigate against them. I think there are five main causes of data loss. Virus and malware Human error … Read more
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