by Tim Melanson | Feb 17, 2017 | Free Tools, IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
Imagine one day you log into your Facebook account and you see a bunch of posts and messages from “you” that you definitely did not write. Then you notice that your email account is filled with people telling you that you’ve been hacked. You log into your online...
by Tim Melanson | Mar 7, 2014 | IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
Well, it is the end of an era. A glorious era. I have been using Microsoft products ever since Windows 3.1… When Windows 95 came out, I held onto it as long as I could… The next decent version of windows was Windows XP and I haven’t moved since....
by Tim Melanson | Nov 5, 2013 | Free Tools, IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and any social network platform is FILLED with photos and images and there are actually some great features within programs like Instagram that allow you to add effects and text to images. However, what if you want to do something a...
by Tim Melanson | Nov 17, 2009 | IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
One of the most common jobs that I get called for in the residential sector is reinstalling an operating system. Over time, the registry gets all jumbled up and your computer starts to behave very poorly. Even worse, maybe you are running out of disk space and you go...
by Tim Melanson | Oct 10, 2009 | IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
I had a service call last week where the client was running a “client-server” environment, but the server was actually running Windows Vista. Well… Put it this way, this situation simply didn’t cut it. I learned that I’m not the first...
by Tim Melanson | Aug 3, 2009 | IT Tips & Tricks, Tech Support
Now here’s a topic that until a few years ago, I totally disregarded, but as with just about anything, you don’t realize how important it is until you need it. Then… It’s too late. Fortunately, there is very good (and free) software that you...