According to Ed Bott over at ZDNet, in the US the Microsoft Store are touting a new standard for PC images – the Microsoft Signature. Anyone who has bought a PC in the last couple of decades will be well used to “crapware” – the rubbish bits of software that manufacturers install, not to make… Continue Reading
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How easy was scrapping my car online? Very, thanks @Cartakeback_UK !
My days of driving a gorgeous Alfa Romeo, all expenses paid thanks to big Pharma, are long gone. Nowadays I prefer my driving costs lower, positively frugal in fact. Last year I managed to pick up an old Ford Escort on eBay, with a full year’s MOT for £400. No, it wasn’t in perfect condition… Continue Reading
Squeak or eek? I’m a Whitstable Pearl!
As I hinted at in a previous post about the definition of a geek – I had a nice chat with Jan Thom of the Whitstable Times last week, and today the results of that chat appear on page 10 of the Whitstable Times, along with me popping up on the front page too. It’s… Continue Reading
The problem with customer care…
…is caring for your customers. During the ‘day’ job, I spend a lot of time getting to know my customers. Part of this makes good business sense – how can I make a recommendation on a solution without understanding their business? But part of it is just personal and ‘just the way I am.’ This… Continue Reading
Firefox 5.0 and the Google Toolbar – taken by surprise? Here’s how to fix it!
It seems like only five minutes ago that Firefox 4 arrived and impressed us with speed improvements. A few niggles, some of my more esoteric add-ons were not compatible and the Google Toolbar behaved a little strangely with mouse clicks but was fine with the keyboard. If there is one product we recommend time and… Continue Reading
Save money repairing your PC with a… shoe box?
No, not some piece of magical hardware or software called Shoe BoxTM, a plain and simple cardboard shoe box. Obviously not just the box, you need some special contents but you should already have all the contents you need. When you buy a PC, bit of software or some hardware, you usually receive a couple… Continue Reading
A plea to parents – grandchildren and PCs do not mix!
On my happy travels from sick PC to sick PC each day, it is heartening to see an ever increasing number of silver surfers. Whether it’s more spare time following retirement, a desire to keep in touch with an ever distant family or the need to use online grocery shopping because getting out the house… Continue Reading
Trade secret – protect your PC for pennies – RT to upset Norton et al!
Ok, this post is going to come across all a bit ‘word from our sponsors’ and, yes, the links in this post are affiliate links, I do get a little kickback. But I genuinely recommend this product, I buy it personally for all the PCs at Dear Geek Towers and to be honest, if everyone… Continue Reading
Smoking can seriously damage your (PC’s) health
About 5 seconds after turning on this PC it became very noisy. Some PCs will do this – you turn them on and as they boot up the fan runs at full speed. Once booted into Windows the fan will slow down again. Not this one. The fan continued running at full speed, like a… Continue Reading
Blackberry – no love lost
For a brief moment the other day I almost changed my opinion on Blackberrys. I was setting up a new Torch for a client and I caught myself thinking “oh, this is actually quite a nice phone…” I got over it though. When setting up an email account they encourage you to use POP3 and… Continue Reading
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