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Do I need to use Microsoft Office? No, you do not need to use Microsoft Office exclusively. For a long time if you wanted to type up a document or make a graph there were few options besides word and excel. After a while other Office type applications starting popping up but the problem was, if you made a document… Read more →
Seeing your computer screen go black and not be able to turn it back on can be a frightening experience. Although the expensive is always in the back of your mind of having to get your computer repaired or replaced, the biggest worry most people face is, are you able to recover your data; photos, music, documents, tax information etc?… Read more →
What are Ports When accessing the internet, your computer most likely has a private and public IP address. Your IP address (Internet Protocol) is a unique address assigned to your network which distinguishes you from every other computer/network on the internet. Loosely speaking, when you request a web page in your browser such as www.townsvillenerds.com, your computer sends a request… Read more →
It can be pretty scary. You are sitting there using your computer when all of the sudden the whole thing turns off and doesn’t turn back on. Everything you have is saved on the computer, you have probably lost what you were in the middle of what you are doing and you don’t backup. Don’t panic, Townsville Nerds can help.… Read more →
There are so many things to consider when buying a new computer. Features you have never heard of, security, software, design? To make it even harder, it’s not like you can take it home and test it first. You’ve got to try it in the shop and even though there are a lot of things you have an idea about,… Read more →
People ask me all the time which is the best antivirus program for their Microsoft Windows computer. This is probably the hardest question to answer, as there is no one shoe fits all strategy here. There is a clear difference in what anti-viruses corporate businesses should use who host web sites, servers and data sets. But when it comes to… Read more →
Windows 10 has been around for a while now and we can assume all this time a lot of the bugs will have sorted out. Although having the Windows 10 operating system on your computer or laptop is proving to have a lot of security benefits, we still seem to be having the constant problems we had a lot of… Read more →
This post is about another scam going around hitting a lot of people in Townsville. It comes in many different colours and skins, but it all amounts to the same thing. Getting you to pick up the phone and give your credit card details to someone who is not a real antivirus company and who will install software on your… Read more →
The majority of viruses, malware, spyware and ad-ware we see on peoples computers is stuff they have accidentally installed themselves, by downloading and installing software associated with free; such as games and movies etc. But there are many other ways for your computer to get a virus, email being one of the big ones. Can I get a Virus from… Read more →
We are getting more and more of these customers ever week now. What started out as one customer every few months is now more like half a dozen every week. I know what you are thinking, “People cant get fouled by this”, but yes they can and do. Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world, with billions of… Read more →
