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What Is a Stop Error?

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Jun 27, 2014

What Is a Blue Screen Stop Error?

Blue Screens of Death (sometimes Doom) or BSoDs have been around in all Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1.
It was originally a way to report driver errors but since then it has become an error reporting tool for all hardware, driver and system issues such as overheating, faulty memory, power supply issues and incompatible files.

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Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, BSod, Windows 8, Windows 7

If you have the Cryptolocker virus you have 2 weeks to fix it!

Posted by Henry Dallow on Fri, Jun 06, 2014

What Is Cryptolocker?

Cryptolocker is ransomware: malicious software which holds your files to ransom. 

 

So How did I get it? Cryptolocker is spread through infected attachments to emails, or as a secondary infection on computers which are already affected by viruses which offer a back door for further attacks. 

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Tags: Windows XP, Viruses, Antivirus, Kaspersky, Windows 8, Security, Windows 7

Keep Calm and Carry On with Windows XP After April 2014

Posted by Henry Dallow on Tue, Apr 15, 2014

So as you all know Windows XP support has finished for you and I, however that doesn't mean we have to stop using it!

Ok, deep breath, don't panic, you can still use Windows XP for a while (one year or so)
after support has ended, so to stay on top of your XP machine here are a few pointers:

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Tags: Windows XP, Virus removal, Malwarebytes, Antivirus, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Nitro PDF, Kaspersky, Avast!

Transferring files using Windows Easy Transfer software

Posted by Serges LaRiviere on Wed, Nov 07, 2012


         Who hasn’t bought a brand new shiny computer and then comes up against the issue of having to transfer all of those files from the old machine to the new one? Many times people will make this process much more difficult than it needs to be, they spend hours needlessly copying files across folder by folder or tweaking the desktop so it looks and feels exactly the way it used to. Then they go through the process of adding all of their shortcuts to the menus. Well there’s a better way!

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Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Transfering files, Windows Easy Transfer, Windows 7

Basic Windows Shortcuts

Posted by Serges LaRiviere on Fri, Mar 23, 2012

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Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Tips, Windows 7