PC Repair

How to prepare your old laptop or computer for sale

With Black Friday behind us and Christmas not far away it is a popular time for selling old tech to make room for the new. If you’re buying a new laptop, desktop or even hard drive and plan to sell your old one, you need to learn how to prepare your old laptop or computer … Read more

How to use the Windows Defender Sandbox Mode

Windows Defender has come a long way in recent years. Back in Windows 8 or even in the early days of Windows 10, I would never have suggested using it on a computer. Since some very recent updates, Windows Defender is now a viable security solution for home users. The new Sandbox Mode will run … Read more

Five of the best browsers for privacy

When you want to go online, you will likely fire up Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari. Those four browsers have most of the market share right now along with Edge/Internet Explorer. They aren’t the only web browser and they certainly aren’t the best browsers for privacy. After Wednesday’s post, ‘Five reasons you should use a … Read more

What we like about Mac OS Mojave

Here at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey, we like all kinds of operating systems. We like Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Chrome OS and Mac OS. It is this latter that we are going to discuss today as there has been a new OS version released called Mojave. Mac OS Mojave is more interesting than usual … Read more

What to do if Windows Task Manager stops working

Windows Task Manager is at the center of everything we do on our Windows devices so when it stops responding or acts strangely, it can stop us doing anything. It is a common issue we see here at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey but it is usually quite straightforward to fix. Here are a few … Read more

Five ways to boost your laptop battery life

If you use your laptop a lot and find yourself frequently running out of battery, this tutorial might help. The team here at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey spend a lot of time on laptops and have come up with a few tried and tested ways to boost your laptop battery life. If you want … Read more

Deleted doesn’t always mean what you think it does in Windows

If you have ever accidentally hit delete or removed a file in Windows, it doesn’t actually mean it is gone forever. A couple of quick checks can tell you whether the file is still present and can be recovered. If all else fails, your friendly computer repair team at Dave’s Computers in New Jersey are … Read more

How to keep your PC cool during warm weather

New Jersey has had some decent weather over the past few weeks and we are seeing more computers than usual overheating. It is a common issue for many home users but is easily preventable. That’s why the team here at Dave’s Computers have put together this quick guide to keeping your PC cool during warmer … Read more

How to stop programs from opening on startup in Windows

Windows lets any program add itself to startup. Anything you install onto your computer can set itself to automatically load when you first boot your computer. This is fine if it’s one or two but if you install lots of programs it can slow your computer down. Lots of customers who come to our New … Read more