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Your computer is a very sophisticated piece of equipment. At its core (Binary) 1s and 0’s, your computer turns on (1) and odd (0) many times per second. You have your computer hardware which is the physical components like hard drive and memory and you have your operating system like Linux, Windows and OSX which help you and your programs… Read more →
What are PDF’s PDFs were invented by Adobe and stands for Portable Document Format and is one of the main file types used for people and organisation who want to distribute files. Why PDF’s are particularly possible and very useful is they can be used and look the same by pretty much all devices, including, computers, laptops and mobile devices.… Read more →
There are many scams online right now. When we think of computer virus and hackers we automatically think of some antisocial type personality, sitting in their basement, hacking away. I don’t think its really like that anymore. It seems more people are interested in scamming you and making money, over destroying your computer. The people aren’t the antisocial type, but… Read more →
Looking around the internet and coming across a lot of websites here in Townsville, its quite easy to notice that a lot of websites are still using the unprotected http over https. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and is the way in which data is sent over the internet and between your web browser and website. This… Read more →
What is the Windows Installer Service Like the name suggests this is a service used by your operating system used to install, maintain and uninstall software and application you want on your computer. Not to be confused with the installation process of the operating system itself. Since Windows 7, the installer now comes built into your operating system and can… Read more →
There are a lot of computer threats out there these days and lots of ways criminals can hurt you, destroy your data or spy on what you are doing. Some of them just advertise you and are more of a nuisance than a real threat and others can cause real damage and full loss of both physical components and software,… Read more →
Why Would Someone Want To Access My Computer WWW should sand for the Wild Wild West not World Wide Wed and thats because thats exactly what it is. With no real law and anyone from anywhere just about able to reach, connect or communicate with you, the internet is the worlds largest group of people who want to be your… Read more →
Should I turn my computer off when I am not using it Your computer is designed to run for long periods of time, and servers even longer. Saying that, I turn my computer off most of the time when I am not using it. They way I look at it, if it’s not running, the less things can go wrong… Read more →
Townsville computer repair Nerds have been proving technical support to homes and businesses in Townsville for over 20 years. I have seen a lot to technical support companies come and go in that time, through the hard times and the good out Townsville Nerds still remains as Townsville most dedicated and reliable tech support companies. We were sitting around the… 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 →
