Rescuing the people of Perth since 2004
Rescuing the people of Perth since 2004
Today, I came across an issue where a client couldn’t open any attachments to emails from within Outlook Web Access (OWA). OWA was being accessed via Internet Explorer (IE) 9 on a Vista laptop. The server that OWA was connecting…
Clients regularly tell us about telcos such as Optus or Telstra calling them up and offering them wireless internet. There’s always some fantastic deal attached to it – something like you get all your mobile phone calls included for free,…
There is a particularly bad “rogue antivirus” program called “ThinkPoint” making the rounds at the moment – I’ve removed it from PCs owned by three different clients just today! What is it? I’ll tell you exactly how this particular infection…
Overheating and Unexpected Shutdowns Would you want your computer’s lifespan reduced by 50%? We didn’t think so, but this is what can happen due to the damage caused when a computer overheats. What are the symptoms of an overheating computer?…
Initial Contact Several clients have told us recently of unsolicited calls they’ve received from a company claiming to be associated with Microsoft. Ultimately, our clients end up having their credit cards charged anywhere from $200 to $400 for this company…
Which is better? When people realise I work on both Macs and PCs, they inevitably ask, “Which is better?” My answer is always, “There’s nothing in it; one does not work any better than the other.” In most cases, this…
I’ve had quite a few clients ask me about this lately and even a few that have lost money to it. Let me be clear, this has nothing to do with the company called Adobe, but rather another business that…
Just before Christmas ’09, my wife was trying to sell her car via a well-known online car sales website. Despite it being a fantastic car, Australian Federal Government tax incentives to encourage businesses to buy new cars during 2009 meant…
A friend from the other side of the country was telling me today how she had recently had an infection on her laptop. Unfortunately, she had an assignment due which she had literally spent hours on and it was due…
It’s really common – you’re just Googling something of interest and all of a sudden, a message pops up to tell you that your computer is infected. The message goes on to say that you need to download some specifically…