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5 tips for using technology in educational institutions

Posted on October 9, 2022

Methodology and tools in education have been evolving over many centuries. They are constantly fine-tuned and revised to be relevant in the changing economic and social context.

The recent onslaught of technological breakthroughs and concomitant digital transformation has put additional demand on the education system, which cannot afford to go out of tune with current developments and challenges.

Technological development has created a wealth of opportunities for educational institutions and the educational process. [Read more…]

Step-by-step guide to completely ridding your Windows PC of malware

Posted on October 7, 2022

Adware, viruses, trojans, spyware, ransomware and rootkits are everywhere these days, and keeping our PCs free of malware is a constant struggle.

Regardless of how diligent we are at preventing malware infections they can still manage to make their way onto our hard drives and into our computers’ memory banks.

Once a PC is infected, ridding it of every scrap of malware can be extremely difficult.

But it can be done! This post explains how, step-by-step. [Read more…]

Q&A: Will a computer tech be able to see my personal photos?

Posted on September 16, 2022

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

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Question from Kristen: The hard drive in my laptop has stopped working and I need to take it somewhere to have it fixed.

I’ve been taking your advice about creating regular System Image backups and I have a fairly recent backup they can use to restore everything once the bad hard drive is replaced.

What worries me is I have a lot of really personal photos that were backed up along with everything else. Will a tech be able to see them? [Read more…]

Q&A: Does using two drives in RAID 1 eliminate the need to make backups?

Posted on September 14, 2022

Question from Bill: I recently read an article about using hard drives or SSDs in a RAID configuration.

The article said RAID 1 copies all data to every drive in the array at the same time, essentially creating a clone of the primary drive in real time.

In the comments on the article someone suggested that using two drives in RAID 1 will automatically create a backup, eliminating the need to back up the hard drive in the usual way.

That made sense to me but then someone else commented and said that’s a really bad idea. But he didn’t explain why.

What’s your opinion on using RAID 1 to create automatic backups? Is it a good idea or not?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware this dangerous scam that impersonates your employer

Posted on August 20, 2022

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

As you probably know by now, the scammers never seem to take a break from Facebook.

They’re at it again, and this time they’re impersonating the employers of Facebook users.

As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but they all work pretty much the same way…

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