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Most people who know me, or read my posts will tell you I have been a long time endorser of the paid password manager, 1Password. Password managers are computer programs that do just that. Most of us have 100’s of passwords now,pretty much for every site we have visited. Every site has different rules about how long our passwords should… Read more →
Being able to access your home or work computer from another location, including your phone can be a very valuable recourse. Whether its because you constantly need to check something on your computer like downloads or messages, or its a one off where you have forgot something for work or study and don’t want to travel all the way back and… Read more →
A lot of people use Google Chrome now as their main Web Browser. A web browser is the program on your computer or mobile device like phone or tablet you use to access web sites, such as Google, Facebook, banking etc. There are many different web browsers available. To begin with Netscape was the main one. Internet Explorer as always… Read more →
Not to be confused with your 3G or 4G phone wireless carrier, Wi-Fi for your computer and home network is a technology you use at home with a computer or wireless device to talk to your network. At home this is usually to your wireless router which is connected to the internet, and the device you connect to is referred to as… Read more →
Most, if not all, NBN or ADSL internet connections in our home or at work come with wireless (wifi) built in. For the most part when encryption is turned on this is quite secure. But most of us who are accustomed to using wifi do not think twice about it when using a public wifi spot. When travelling or sitting in… Read more →
Already this second half of 2016 we are seeing a lot more people get scammed and computers hacked. Unlike traditional computer hacking, where you imagine some teen boy on his computer under a house, most of the scams and people being taken advantage of (we are seeing) are coming from people in which the scam is actually starting over the phone.… Read more →
Bad Network Driver Device Drivers are software on your computer, which talk to the operating system on your behalf, so basically you don’t have to do anything, just connect. Some drivers are built into your system and other need to be added, such as those with a 4G network card your wireless carrier will provide for you. When you connect… Read more →
One of the most annoying things when using your computer is no network connection. For most people, especially home users there would probably no need to use a computer or have one if you had no internet. Loosing your Internet connection or LAN (Local Area Network) connection can happen for a lot of reasons and most of them really depend… Read more →
Every time you got to a website you type an address or URL into your web browser address bar. Even now looking at this website you can probably see something like https://www.townsvillecomputerrepairs.com. HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and it is the rules or a set way your computer and web browser use to transfer the data you are seeing… Read more →
Just about everybody uses wireless these days in their homes as do a lot of business around town in Townsville. Wireless is a great alternative to having to wire up your whole home or business with ethernet cable or have it prebuilt into your structure. Rather, adding a wireless router or modem can easily allow most people to connect to… Read more →
