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The Final 2008 Quick Tip…

So this is the last quick tip of 2008 and maybe ever! We won’t be doing our weekly quick tips in 2009…instead we will be working on longer and bigger tutorial series and product reviews. If there is something you want to see then let us know!
So…5 of our fav tips from 2008

Wireless Network Planning [...]

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Do they know it’s christmas - band aid

I always think of this track at Christmas…important to think of others at Christmas and those less fortunate than ourselves. When the 2004 version came out I remember me and friends buying copies for all our family to support it! A great way to remind people of what is going on in other parts [...]

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Quick Tip - The IT Crowd

Heard this from your IT Support before?

Wondering why it takes so long for IT Support to answer the phone?

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Quick Tip - PC vs Mac

Ok, so for the whole of December we thought we would scrap the quick tips and instead post amusing YouTube videos that had some link to computers! So to start us off we have a couple of videos for PC verses Mac…PC’s response to the Mac Ad’s earlier this year!

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Mac Rumors - Quick Tip

A slightly different tip this week..it is for those of you looking at some of the Apple hardware! No matter if you are interested in the latest ipod touch, imac or xserve Mac Rumors is a great site for all the gossip on what is happening in the world of Apple!
The best and in my [...]

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Cheap Laptop? - Quick Tip

The question I get asked so often is how much is the cheapest laptop? Which isn’t as black and white as people seem to think (or maybe hope!). Using our favoured supplier Dell let’s look at a some prices and see what we get!
The Cheapest…
Going on Dell laptops for Home you can buy a laptop [...]

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Quick Tip - AVG CTF Control File Error

I have found a few clients recently having a problem with AVG updating and it says “Invalid Update Control CTF file.”
This should be fixed with the latest version of AVG reinstalled over the top, but if you don’t want to do that we stumbled across a little tool that does the job nicely, AVGMechanic and [...]

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Quick Tip - Phishing

In the past we have written about recognising spoof emails trying to acquire some form of personal information on you, whether it be from a hoax bank email or website, the problem is becoming much more common and serious.  In September 2008 there were over 8,621 Phishing Sites/Emails found and verified.  Our previous posts on [...]

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Quick Tip - Secure Passwords

We posted a while back about ways to get an auto generated security password for wireless access.  We came across a site called ‘GRC‘ today that claims to give you a UNIQUE and perfectly secure encryption password for your wireless setup.  In our eyes possibly a little over the top for most home users, but [...]

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Quick Tips - Winkey Shortcuts

This weeks quick tip is the last of the Shortcut Series.  Today’s topic is Winkey Shortcuts.  For those of you that don’t know the Winkey is the Windows Key on the keyboard.  Usually the key is second in from the bottom left of your keyboard.
Winkey Shortcuts:
WINKEY + D - Bring desktop to the top of [...]

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